Wareham firefighters combat bitter cold, freezing equipment to extinguish house fire
Wareham firefighters had to fight fire and ice in order to extinguish a house fire Saturday during frigid temperatures.
Wareham fire chief John Kelley told Boston 25 News that some of their equipment kept freezing while the firefighters worked to extinguish the large blaze on Knowles Avenue.
“Trying to fight this fire in this kind of weather was really difficult,” said Kelley. “Their gear is frozen, some of the trucks are freezing up, the lines are freezing.”
The large fire has rendered the two-story house uninhabitable, according to Kelley.
A third alarm was struck in order to rotate more firefighters to the front line of the fire and limit exposure.
There was nobody inside the house when the fire began, Kelley said.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates as more information becomes available.
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