Lincoln firefighters attack pair of house fires

The rear of the house on Old County Road after the fire. (Photo courtesy Lincoln Fire Department)

Lincoln firefighters helped extinguish two house fires in the area in the past week, including one in Lincoln.

The Lincoln fire started in the early afternoon of Friday, June 21 at 15 Old County Rd. in a home owned by Scott and Angela Kadlec. A passer-by called the Fire Department after seeing smoke in the area, investigating further, and then discovered the house with part of its roof on fire. Because it was caught early, damaged was fairly minimal. The cause is still being investigated but firefighters suspect it was a lightning strike during the thunderstorm storm that ended shortly before the fire. See more photos on the Lincoln Fire Department’s Instagram page.

On Wednesday, June 18, firefighters from Lincoln and 11 other towns responded to a major house fire at 17 Bartkus Farm Rd. in Concord. It quickly became a four-alarm fire. Each alarm brings about four pieces of apparatus with four firefighters on each piece, according to Lincoln Fire Chief Brian Young; normally there would have been fewer firefighters, but more were called in due to the hot weather so they could relieve each other frequently.

According to the Concord Bridge, a neighbor saw the fire, knocked on doors, and then tried to break into the house, fearing the family dog was trapped inside, though it turns out it wasn’t. The owners were not at home because the house was being renovated, the news site said. The fire’s cause and origin is under investigation. See aerial photo on WHDH.com.