3-alarm fire damages Marblehead yacht club

MARBLEHEAD ? Firefighters from Lynn, Lynnfield, Swampscott and other communities helped put out a three-alarm fire in the Eastern Yacht Club on Foster Street early Friday morning.
Multiple telephone calls brought town firefighters to 47 Foster St. at 11:54 p.m. and fire commanders struck a second alarm after spotting smoke “showing through the roof,” according to descriptions of the fire response in the Police Department dispatch log.
Firefighters converged on the club’s attic and roof and cut holes to vent smoke before a third alarm was struck at 1:02 a.m. Lynn firefighters initially reported the fire “knocked down,” according to the dispatch log, at 1:46 a.m ? but within minutes ? Swampscott firefighters spotted fire and crews finished putting out flames in the attic while other firefighters helped put out fire in the front of the building.Incident commanders reported the fire extinguished at 2:14 a.m.