Foxborough House Fire Hospitalizes 1 Woman

FOXBOROUGH, MA — A house fire on Thursday morning sent one elderly woman to the hospital, Foxborough Fire said.

Around 3:30 a.m., police and firefighters were called to 226 Main Street. Smoke was coming out of the single-story home. According to fire officials, the woman living in the house escaped before they arrived and called 911 from a neighbor's house.

Firefighters inside the house were met with smoke billowing throughout the first floor. They found the fire in the basement and quickly doused the flames.

A Wrentham ambulance assisted the town and brought the woman to Norwood Hospital for evaluation. The cause of the fire is still under investigation as of Thursday afternoon.

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