09/16/2019 - BROCKTON, MASSACHUSETTS (PLYMOUTH COUNTY) - Around 0845 hours on the morning of Monday, September 16, 2019 the Brockton Fire Department responded to 52 Sylvester Street for an unknown medical call. En route, Engine-4 was advised that Fire Alarm was receiving calls for a house fire at that address. Brockton Box-4412 was filled out as companies arrived to find heavy smoke showing from a 1.5-story wood framed dwelling. Car-56 requested a working fire assignment. Fire alarm alerted companies responding that due to previous incidents there were structural concerns with the building. Crews battled heavy fire conditions in the rear of the building. A second alarm was struck just before 0900 hours. Crews found difficult access around the property due to additions to the building, and debris in the yard. Soon after the second alarm had been sounded, all companies were pulled out of the building. Firefighters set up ladder pipes and operated several hand lines outside of the occupied house. The fire eventually went to three alarms, bringing a Holbrook engine to the scene, and Whitman, Stoughton, West Bridgewater, and Abington companies to cover Brockton's stations. It was reported that two firefighters suffered minor injuries at the fire. The cause of the fire remains under investigation, but the house was considered a total loss. The American Red Cross is assisting the occupants of the home. The site of the house fire was the scene of legal action that the City of Brockton had against the property owner due to unspecified violations.
