A fire burned through a mixed-use building in Wakefield, Massachusetts, Sunday night.
The Wakefield Fire Department says crews responded to 17 Albion Street around 8 p.m. for a report of a possible structure fire and found heavy fire showing from the exterior of the building, which has an unoccupied commercial space on the first floor and an apartment above.
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Fire officials said Sunday that two men who lived on the second floor were able to get out safely.
Firefighters made a quick attack on the flames outside, knocking them down before entering the building to stop the fire from extending inside.
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Wakefield firefighters were assisted at the scene by crews from Lynnfield, Melrose, Stoneham, Reading and North Reading.
"Companies attacked the fire aggressively and made a good stop just prior to it extending into the attic," Chief Thomas Purcell said in a press release.
According to fire officials, a woman, trapped on a second-floor fire escape in the building directly next door, was removed over a ground ladder by the department with assistance from quick acting Wakefield Police Officers.
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A resident who escaped the fire was taken to a local hospital as a precaution, the fire department added.
The fire was mostly contained to the exterior of the building, but the structure sustained heat and extensive smoke damage, displacing two residents who are being assisted by Wakefield Emergency Management.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
