Wakefield Fire Log

Fire Log: Brush Fire in Woods Near Crystal Lake

A list of the calls the Wakefield Fire Department responded to during the period of Monday, June 14 to Sunday, June 19, 2011.

Fire incidents by the numbers: Monday, June 13 – Sunday, June 19: Total calls for service: 81 EMS calls, excluding accidents – 48 Responded to motor vehicle accidents – 1 Mutual Aid - 2 System malfunction -8 Accidental alarm - 7 Lock out - 2 Good intent - 1 Illegal burning - 2 Gasoline odor - 1 Service call - 2 Brush, grass - 2 Smoke scare - 1 Arcing electric - 1 Fire Incidents: On June 16 at 3:30 p.m, the Wakefield Fire Department responded to a single family home on Patriot Circle on June 16 at 3:30 p.m., where construction workers building a first floor rear wall fell onto two male workers. When Wakefield EMS arrived, no one was trapped under the wall, but one worker had shoulder and elbow problems and cuts on his head, and another …

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UPDATED: PHOTO GALLERY: Stove Fire Breaks Out At Washington Avenue Home

A two-alarm kitchen fire broke out at 22 Washington Ave. Saturday afternoon.

STONEHAM — A two-alarm fire broke out at an apartment at 22 Washington Ave. Saturday afternoon, according to a fire official. Shortly after 2 p.m., Stoneham firefighters responded to the apartment following a report of a kitchen fire. Captain Matt Grafton said it was a stove fire. "There was smoke showing on arrival and it was coming out the front door," Grafton said. "We immediately started running a line and venting the apartment." A second alarm was triggered and with it brought firefighters from the Melrose, Reading and Wakefield fire departments. Meanwhile, Winchester Fire Department covered the Stoneham Fire Station until shortly before 3 p.m. The blaze at the duplex was knocked down in about 5-10 minutes, Grafton said. The homeowner…

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