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Seven Injured in 2-Alarm Massachusetts House Fire

LYNN, Mass. - Three police officers were among seven people injured in a two-alarm house fire in Lynn.

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Police Lt. William Sharpe tells The Daily Item that five people were found inside the home after police arrived at the scene at about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday and found the house completely engulfed.

They rushed into the house to rescue five frantic residents and were taken to a local hospital suffering from smoke inhalation. Four of the people found inside the house also were hospitalized.

One resident, a 57-year-old man, was trapped under debris and was taken to a Boston hospital in critical condition. The others are not thought to have life-threatening injuries.

The state Fire Marshal is investigating but there was no immediate word on the cause.

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Permalink Reply by John Crabbe on November 4, 2009 at 11:11am: Well glad to see everyone is out, especially considering the "pack-rat" conditions the reporter states. One nice thing about running EMS is the chance to get inside some of these houses before a fire. I've been in a few with such pack-rat conditions and thought about if there would be a fire. Also nice to be able to get in there sooner and maybe report the conditions to social services etc. Been a few cases where our reports got a house condemned in order for them to be cleaned up.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Rich Garrett on November 4, 2009 at 4:50pm: I agree its good everyone got out. But why if it was fully involved did the cops go in. What happens when they go down? A bad situation just got even worse, we now have twice as many rescues to make when we arrive.; ▶ Reply to This

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