12/15/2014 - Just after 1800 hours on the evening of Monday, December 15, 2014 the Whitman Fire Department received a call reporting a fire in an oven at 9 Edward Drive, off of Route-58. Box-55 was struck and Engine-2, Ladder-1, and Car-3 responded. Companies arrived to find heavy smoke in a one and a half story raised ranch style occupied dwelling. The crew from Engine-2 brought in an extinguisher, and command, under Deputy Joseph Feeney, requested a dry hand line be stretched as a precaution. Engine-1 responded to the scene, staffed with mostly off-duty personnel that responded to the station on call back. A second extinguisher was brought into the house when Engine-1 arrived. Several smoke ejectors were set up to evacuate the smoke which was hanging very heavy in the house. A thermal image camera was brought in to check for extension of the fire. The fire was contained to the oven in the house. No extension was reported to be found. No one was reported to be injured during the incident. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
