NEWBURYPORT — Fire Chief Stephen Bradbury III reports that the Newburyport Fire Department extinguished a basement fire on Tuesday afternoon.
On Tuesday, June 4, at approximately 3:12 p.m., Newburyport Fire was called to 25 Duffy Drive for a report of a structure fire.
Companies arrived to find smoke showing from a rear basement bulkhead. A resident who was inside the home looking for a cat was helped outside by a Newburyport Police Officer.
Firefighters stretched a hose line into the basement to extinguish a small fire. Fire damage was contained to the basement of the home.
Much of the home was filled with smoke so firefighters also ventilated the home and evaluated two residents for smoke inhalation. Both residents declined medical transport. Both of the residents’ cats were later found in good health by firefighters.
Off-duty Newburyport firefighters covered Newburyport Fire Headquarters.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation by the Newburyport Fire Department, but it appears to be accidental.
