11/26/2012 - At approximately 0307 hours the Halifax Fire Department responded to a report of a house fire at 266 Monponsett Street (Route-58), near the intersection at Route-106. First arriving companies found smoke and flames showing from the second floor of a twenty foot by thirty foot, one and a half story wood framed vacant dwelling. A working fire was requested bringing a Hanson engine to the scene as a rapid intervention team (RIT) and a Bridgewater engine to Halifax Headquarters for station coverage. Once the heavy fire was knocked down on the exterior, crews put Ladder-1 to the roof and vented the roof. An interior attack was initiated to knockdown any pockets of fire on the interior of the structure. Crews stretched several hand lines into and around the structure to knock the fire down. Around an hour into the incident an ALS ambulance was requested for a firefighter who was down at the scene. A Hanson ambulance responded to the scene and transported the firefighter to the Jordan Hospital in Plymouth. Shortly after that ambulance left the scene, another ambulance was requested for another firefighter who was injured while operating on the second floor of the vacant structure. A Pembroke ambulance responded and transported that firefighter to the Brockton Hospital. The two firefighters were reportedly released from their respective hospitals later that day. The State Fire Marshal's office was requested to respond to the scene. They determined, along with the Massachusetts State Police and Halifax Fire officials that the fire was suspicious in nature. Later that morning, at approximately 0530 hours, just 2.5 miles away in the neighboring town of Plympton another suspicious fire took place in a vacant garage at 103 Main Street. The Massachusetts State Police and the State Fire Marshal's office is asking for the publics assistance and request that anyone with any information or that noticed any suspicious activity in the area of the fires to call the arson hot line at 1-800-682-9229.
