GEORGETOWN — (Photos) Chief Matt McKay reports that the Georgetown Fire Department and mutual aid partners extinguished a two-alarm fire in a home on Wednesday afternoon.
On Wednesday, April 19, at approximately 12:19 p.m., Georgetown Fire received a report of a structure fire at 247 North St.
The first companies on scene arrived to discover smoke showing from the building and two residents with injuries.
One resident declined treatment at the scene. The other injured resident was transported via ambulance to a Boston-area trauma center with serious injuries.
A second-alarm was struck to get additional manpower to the scene, and firefighters entered the one-story ranch home and discovered cluttered conditions and a fire in the basement. They made an interior attack and were able to quickly knock down the fire. 
The home suffered fire damage in the basement and smoke and water damage on the first floor, so the home is no longer habitable. A family of three will be displaced. A pet cat died as a result of the fire.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation by the Georgetown Fire Department, Georgetown Police Department and the State Police Fire and Explosion Investigation Unit attached to the State Fire Marshal’s Office.
Firefighters from Haverhill, Groveland, Boxford, Rowley, West Newbury, and Newbury provided mutual aid at the scene, as did a Topsfield Ambulance, Action Ambulance, Atlantic Ambulance, Rehab 5 and the Department of Fire Services Rehab Truck.
Firefighters from Middleton and Ipswich covered Georgetown stations.
“An aggressive fire attack by the first arriving companies helped prevent this fire from spreading further, and I am grateful for their quick and professional work,” said Chief McKay. “I would also like to thank all of our mutual aid partners who responded quickly to our request for assistance.”
