2-alarm fire strikes single-family home in Worcester

Telegram & Gazette Staff
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Worcester firefighters at the top of Ladder 7 work over 13 Merriwether Road, where a 2-alarm fire broke out early Sunday afternoon.
Worcester firefighters at the top of Ladder 7 work over 13 Merriwether Road, where a 2-alarm fire broke out early Sunday afternoon.

WORCESTER — Almost as quickly as flames and smoke were seen pouring from the attic of a single-family home on Merriwether Road, city firefighters arrived and extinguished a two-alarm fire early Sunday afternoon.

The home's occupants escaped unharmed and no injuries were reported as crews battled the fire and frigid temperatures around 12:30 p.m. at 13 Merriwether Road.

Worcester firefighters walk out of 13 Merriwether Road shortly after it went to a second alarm Sunday.
Worcester firefighters walk out of 13 Merriwether Road shortly after it went to a second alarm Sunday.

The fire was the latest in what has been a busy weekend for city fire crews as extreme cold weather gripped the region.

A three-alarm fire Friday night destroyed a home on Wayne Street, displacing its residents, and in nearby Charlton Saturday, fire also damaged a home that was met with a multi-town response.

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