05/07/2015 - ABINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS (PLYMOUTH COUNTY) - Around 1600 hours on the afternoon of Thursday, May 7, 2015 the Abington Fire Department responded to a reported house fire at 111 Monroe Street. Abington Engine-3 reported heavy smoke showing from a distance, and arrived to find heavy fire throughout a two and a half story wood framed dwelling. A second alarm was requested, bringing mutual aid ladder companies from Rockland and Bridgewater, and engine companies from Whitman, Holbrook, Weymouth and Brockton. An East Bridgewater ambulance was on-scene for stand-by, and the Whitman CERT Rehab unit also was utilized on-scene.. A Hanson engine company provided station coverage. Crews quickly went to a defensive operation due to the heavy fire conditions in the building. Numerous two and a half inch hand lines were stretched around the building. Ladder pipes were used, along with Blitz guns on large hand lines. Abington Fire Chief John Nuttall says, "A steady wind blowing into the structure allowed the fire to quickly spread through the entire building." He went on to add that, "The fire also moved into many void spaces in the roof and floor areas, which required a great deal of firefighting effort to extinguish.". No firefighter injuries were reported on-scene. The house is a total loss.
