NORWOOD, Mass. — Firefighters rescued a teenager from a burning home in Norwood Tuesday afternoon.
Norwood Police Officer Kevin McDonough alerted dispatchers around 2 p.m. of a fire on the front porch of a Nahatan Street home.
Shout-out to @NorwoodPolice Officer Kevin McDonough who spotted the fire on the front porch and alerted dispatch to call the fire department! He likely saved the life of the teenager trapped inside. Things could have turned out much differently as this fire spread rapidly. https://t.co/dUJqOJUjry
— Mike Saccone (@mikesacconetv) July 28, 2020
Firefighters arrived on scene less than two minutes later.
They said the fire had spread to the first floor and the conditions were deteriorating rapidly when they found a teenager trapped on a stairwell inside the home. They rescued the teenager, who wasn’t hurt.
The fire extended to all three floors of the home.
Norwood’s fire investigators are currently working to determine what started the fire.
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Posted by Norwood Fire Department on Tuesday, July 28, 2020
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