03/23/2015 - BRIDGEWATER, MASSACHUSETTS (PLYMOUTH COUNTY) - Around 1340 hours on the afternoon of Monday, March 23, 2015 the Bridgewater Fire Department struck a box for a reported structure fire at 200 Elm Street. Companies arrived to find heavy smoke showing from the "A-D" corner of the building. They reported that the fire appeared to be on the exterior of the vacant two and a half story, wood framed commercial building. A pre-connected hand line was stretched off of Engine-3. The ambulance crew hooked up to the hydrant that was located just prior to the driveway of the property. Companies knocked down the exterior fire and opened up the outside wall to check for extension. Firefighters needed to go into the vacant building to check for extension, and a working fire assignment was requested. Crews opened up inside and checked with a thermal image camera, but no extension was reported. The fire apparently began as embers from a burning brush pile behind the building caught some shingles on the side of the building on fire. Raynham Engine-3 responded to the scene, and East Bridgewater responded an engine to station coverage. No injuries were reported.
