Propane Tanks May Have Caused Fire That Hit 2 Winthrop Homes
WINTHROP (CBS) - A fire destroyed one home and heavily damaged another in Winthrop overnight.
It started behind a house on Prospect Avenue around 11:30 p.m. Monday and quickly spread to the home next door.
WBZ NewsRadio 1030's Karen Twomey reports
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"The volume of fire we had upon arrival was just unbelievable." Winthrop Fire Chief Paul Flanagan told WBZ NewsRadio 1030.
There were a total of six people in both homes.
No one was hurt.
"We are investigating the possibility there may have been a couple of propane tanks involved in this fire," Flanagan said.
The cause is not considered suspicious.
"We heard a bang, my son got up, screamed that the house next door was on fire. But when I looked in the back yard I saw the glow and I knew," resident Kathleen Duffy said.
"We all got out. My husband went in and got their grandson and got them out. But it went up in flames immediately."
WBZ-TV's Sera Congi reports
"It's not fun. There's a lot of damage in there," Duffy's husband John told WBZ-TV.
"(My neighbors) they lost everything, including two cats. About an hour into it a firefighter brought our cat out alive and my 14-year-old daughter was so happy."
The intense heat from the fire also melted the siding of a home across the street.
