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1:01 pm – Lakeville Fire Alarm alerts LFD of a brush fire behind 14 Harding St (self-storage facility). Firefighters arrived to find a brush fire had extended to 3 parked vehicles. The source of the fire was an illegal burn at a nearby Taunton home.
A local car dealer stored vehicles in the lot, three of those vehicles were damaged in the fire.

Taunton FD sent 2 engines, Lakeville responded with Engine 2, the tanker, and the breaker.
Lakeville Fire Department photo.
1:27 pm – Lakeville Fire Alarm was alerted to an outside fire in the area of 10 Cottage Lane. Engine 3 responded from the station. Engine 2 and Car 1 responded from Rt 44. A Follow-up 911 call reported the fire was spreading into the house.
Chief O’Brien requested a Freetown Engine and Tanker to the scene. The distance between the fires was 10.2 miles. Upon arrival, a working fire assignment was ordered, bringing mutual aid from Berkley, Rochester, Acushnet, and Middleborough (in addition to Freetown).
The Tanker and the breaker cleared the north fire and responded south.
Lakeville PD assisted Chief O’Brien and Lt Knight with deploying the first line. The heavy outside fire was knocked down. A combined Freetown / Lakeville team made an aggressive interior attack.
Lakeville Fire Department photo.
Walls and ceilings were opened up and the hidden fire extinguished.
The fire started when vegetation near a pellet stove exhaust pipe ignited. The windblown fire spread to a nearby deck and then back into the house.
Chief O’Brien was grateful that there were no injuries to responders and the lone resident who was present. The Chief would like to commend all of the firefighters for their hard work, “seeing crews from the area departments working hard together to get the job done is extremely gratifying. I am very proud of the effort I saw today.”
All photos by the Lakeville Fire Department:
