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June 9, 2006

Cumberland house fire under investigation

CUMBERLAND – Fire and police officials and the state fire marshal’s office are investigating an early morning fire in a house that was still under construction, according to police Sgt. Mark England.

After a woman driving along Route 295 reported a house on fire to the police at 1:47 a.m., the police located the home at 1:50 a.m., and firefighters were on scene at 1:53 a.m., England said.

At that point, the fire at the two-story home at 2 Jenna Way was “pretty significant,” he said. Crews from four of the five fire stations in town – 1, 2, 4 and 5 – responded to the blaze.

The home is one of about three or four structures in a new development off Abbott Run Valley Road, England said. None of the homes is inhabited, he said.

It took a “couple hours” to extinguish the blaze, England said.

Posted by Kate Bramson  at 7:44 AM | Permalink

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