The Pittsfield Fire Department responded to 107 Brown Street for a reported structure around 2:15 a.m. on Tuesday with possible entrapment.
Upon arrival, crews found heavy fire coming from the front of the home.
I was able to catch up with Chief Tom Sammons on-air Tuesday morning about what happened...
The home adjacent to the McDonald's on West Housatonic St. in Pittsfield was recently demolished. It had a red "X" on it for years, but that is not the reason for the X.
Driving around Massachusetts over the years, every once in awhile I would come across a home or a building that looked dilapidated or at least vacant that displayed a red on white "X" or a white on red "X&
It's always great to hear news stories concerning "good Samaritans", isn't it? Somebody who commits either a heroic act or simply just performs a good deed.
Once again, our local fire crews came to the rescue to take care of a potentially serious situation before it got out of hand yesterday morning in Pittsfield.
According to the Pittsfield Fire Department, one person had to be taken to Berkshire Medical Center after a fire broke out early Tuesday morning on Congress St.