02/12/2014 - Around 1245 hours on the winter afternoon of Wednesday, February 12, 2014 the Cohasset Fire Department responded to 808 Jerusalem Road, at the intersection of Hull Street (Route-228), for a reported building fire. The occupant of the building called 9-1-1 to report the fire. Companies arrived to find fire in a two and a half story wood framed commercial building. The heavy fire was in the rear of the building on the first floor of the antique shop called "Reflections Antique Emporium". A working fire assignment was requested. Firefighters attempted an aggressive interior attack, but were hampered by the stores contents, old antiques of all kinds. By the time firefighters were able to get to the seat of the fire, it had extended up to the second floor and to the attic. The second and third alarms were struck shortly there after, and companies pulled out and began setting up for a defensive attack of the fire. Scituate and Cohasset ladder companies set up ladder pipes, as firefighters pulled large hand lines to each side of the burning building. Heavy fire on the second floor and in the attic caused the roof to collapse into the structure, allowing trapped flames to shoot high into the winter air. The towns of Hull, Scituate, Norwell, Rockland, and Hingham battled the blaze on Jerusalem Road along side Cohasset. Other surrounding towns covered their fire stations. The Massachusetts Department of Fire Services Incident Rehab Unit was requested to the scene. The Massachusetts State Police, State Fire Marshal's office was also requested to investigate the blaze that burned the antique shop to the ground. Preliminary reports are that a faulty heating system may have been the cause of the afternoon blaze. No injuries were reported at the scene. The actual cause of the fire is still under investigation.
