Susannah Sudborough
masslive.com
(TNS)
A woman has died as a result of a four-alarm house fire in Georgetown that broke out Saturday night, according to officials.
Georgetown firefighters responded to the fire at 238 East Main St. around 10:50 p.m., the Georgetown Fire Department said in a press release. At the scene, they discovered heavy flames shooting 20 feet up in the air from the roof of the two-and-half-story single-family home.
Firefighters soon learned that three of the home’s residents were able to escape unharmed, but that a woman was still inside, the fire department said. Firefighters entered the home and soon found the woman on the second floor.
They carried the woman out of the home through a second-floor window, and she was brought by ambulance to Anna Jaques Hospital in Newburyport with serious injuries, the fire department said. She was later declared dead.
A second alarm was struck shortly before 11 p.m., and two more soon followed as the fire spread rapidly, the fire department said. With the help of firefighters from 13 additional departments, the fire was brought under control around 12:45 a.m. Sunday.
The home was deemed a total loss, but the American Red Cross is helping its now-displaced residents, the fire department said. Georgetown firefighters and the state fire marshal’s office are investigating what caused the fire.
No further information about the fire or the woman who died has been released.
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