‘They don’t have a home anymore’: Fire forces couple from Malden home

MALDEN, Mass — A couple in Malden was forced from their Forest St. home after fire broke out Sunday morning.

“You feel bad for them obviously,” said Malden Fire Chief Stephen Froio. “It’s Mother’s Day and they’re out of their house, they don’t have a home anymore.”

Chief Froio said firefighters were called to the house around 7:30 a.m. When they arrived, both residents were safely out of the house, but much of the home was engulfed in flames.

“There was fire in multiple locations, first and second floor,” Froio said. “It had a good head start.”

A neighbor told Boston 25 News her friend was walking by the house before fire crews arrived and saw flames shooting from the home.

“My friend was walking by at 7 o’clock this morning, she sent me a video of the fire shooting out the left side of the house,” the neighbor said. “The woman [in the video] had her two dogs in a vehicle, and she had disclosed that her cats were still missing.”

Chief Froio said crews had to fight the fire from the outside since it wasn’t safe for them to enter the home.

“It’s a collapse hazard so everybody’s outside pouring water on it,” Froio said. “Just a longer duration fire because of the access problems.”

Firefighters from Everett, Lynn, Medford and Revere helped fight the 2-alarm fire.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

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