Crime & Safety
Rockland Fire: 7-Alarm Blaze Destroys Abandoned Warehouse [VIDEO]
Several fire departments were called to assist with the fire.
ROCKLAND, MA — A large, 7-alarm fire took out an abandoned warehouse on Park Street in Rockland Wednesday morning.
Several fire departments were called to assist with the blaze, which was fought from the exteriror becasue it does not have any fire or gas connections and has been abandoned for six years.
About 20 homes near the fire were evacuated and power to two blocks was cut, according to the Boston Globe.
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Window collapses during large fire in Rockland #7News pic.twitter.com/vywCUM6Wm2
— Alexis Scargill (@alexis__news) March 22, 2017
MORE: Video from the scene of a large fire burning at a warehouse in Rockland. https://t.co/6GqqWDLxzL pic.twitter.com/VUvVjqhFmp
— 7News Boston WHDH (@7News) March 22, 2017
The fire was so big that it was picked up by a National Weather Service radar in Weymouth.
Aside from the NWS WSR-88D (kbox) radar in Taunton, the Boston TDWR radar (tbos) located in Weymouth shows an ongoing fire & its smoke plume pic.twitter.com/gcEEHKxJTC
— NWS Boston (@NWSBoston) March 22, 2017
No injuries were reported at the scene.
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The cause of the fire is under investigation. If you have video of the fire, you are asked to call the Rockland Police Department at 781-871-3890 or the State Fire Marshal’s Fire Investigation Unit at 1-800-682-9229.
Image via WHDH/7-News
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