‘I had never seen anything like it’: Raging house fire leaves one dead in Natick
Firefighters were called to the scene around 2 a.m.
A fire in Natick claimed the life of a man trapped inside early Tuesday.Authorities responded to the blaze on Longfellow Road around 2 a.m., according to WCVB. They learned on arrival that one person had not made it out safely.“The wife came out screaming for help,” a neighbor told the news station. “One of the other neighbors, I guess, heard her and saw the fire and called 911. We came down and it was fully engulfed.”The man was found dead in the back of the home, Natick Fire Chief Mike Lentini told WHDH. Firefighters had to battle the flames from outside the building because of how strong it was. The victim of the fire has not been publicly identified.“The flames were getting bigger and bigger by the moment, it seemed,” Tim Keene, a neighbor, said, according to WHDH. “We were standing over here and we could feel the heat from it and it was just, I had never seen anything like it, the way it grew and how big it got. It was wild.”
Natick Fire Chief confirms one person was killed in a house fire.@7News pic.twitter.com/ZOd3j4hXAS
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