Monday Morning Fire Forces Sudbury Family Out of Boston Post Road Home

A Sudbury family of three is looking for a place to live after a chimney fire early Monday morning forced them out.

According to Sudbury Fire Chief Bill Miles, the call came into the station at about 1:28 a.m.

"Our preliminary investigation showed it started in the fireplace," Mile said. "It's a centered, chimney-style home with living space all around it."

Miles said the first engine to arrive was able to knock down the fire and keep the damage confined adjacent to the chimney.

All three members of the family made it out of the single-family home unharmed, and no firefighters were injured fighting the blaze.

Miles said holes in the mortar may have allowed flames to escape the fire box.

There was no estimate to the damage as of Monday morning.

According to Sudbury Police Lt. Robert Grady, the town's DPW was called in to sand parts of Boston Post Road. Parts Boston Post Road were closed for approximately two hours and was reopened at about 4:45 a.m.

Fire departments from Framingham and Wayland assisted, with Maynard, Marlborough and Concord providing backup for the rest of the town.

In other police news from last weekend:

Jan. 26

• A resident called to report "a feeling" that someone was in her house. Her father who lives next door came over but didn't find anyone in the house, nor any footprints outside the house. The resident then said she did not want to talk to an officer.
• A Peakham Road resident alerted the police department about kids on an iced-over pond. The kids were gone when officers arrived.

Jan. 27

• A Willis Lake Drive resident reported people in a car doing doughnuts, possibly on the frozen lake. The car was located on the beach area, but there were no signs of it being on the lake.
• A resident at 52 Witherell Drive reported seeing a coyote in the neighborhood.