Pittsfield Fire Controls Basement Fire On Appleton Ave.

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Firefighters quickly snuffed out a fire in the basement of an Appleton Avenue home, preventing the family from being displaced.

 

Deputy Fire Chief Daniel Garner released a report saying the department responded to 75 Appleton shortly after 11 p.m. Tuesday night for report of smoke in the basement. A furnace without water overheated, which lead to the pipes igniting insulation. 

 

"Upon arrival we found a moderate amount of smoke in the basement and the 1st floor. We found a super heated furnace with insulation located above and adjacent on fire," Garner wrote. "Engine 3 crew pulled a preconnected booster line and extinguished the fire."

 

The crew on Engine 1 helped remove smoldering debris, he wrote, Engine 6 supplied a water supply, and Tower 1 provided ventilation and checked for expansion. 

 

"The fire was confined and controlled relatively quickly on a frigid night. The occupants were not displaced and were to make emergency service to the heating unit," Garner wrote.

 

There were no injuries reported. There is smoke and water damage in the basement.