Crime & Safety

Firefighter-In-Training Saves 3 From Weymouth Blaze

Jackie Giacchetti rushed into two burning buildings in Weymouth on her way home from a test at the Firefighting Academy.

WEYMOUTH, MA – A firefighter-in-training got a head start on her future career Thursday, saving three people from dual burning buildings in Weymouth. Jackie Giacchetti, who is training to be a firefighter in Braintree, was on her way home from taking a test at the state Firefighting Academy when she saw smoke rising from Washington Street, according to reports in Wicked Local and the Patriot Ledger.

Once at the scene, she saw emergency crews had not yet arrived and rushed into the burning nail salon to help the two women inside get out. She then turned to the neighboring house and helped the man inside get to safety.

"I didn't think twice about it," the 30-year-old Hingham resident told reporters.

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The three-alarm fire damaged the nail salon, the house next door and a shed on Washington Street. The cause of the fire is under investigation.

>>>Read the full story from Wicked Local; Read the full story from the Patriot Ledger here.

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