1 dead, 2 seriously injured after massive blaze rips through Lowell home

LOWELL, MASS. (WHDH) - One person has died and two others are hospitalized with serious injuries after a raging, three-alarm blaze ripped through a multi-family home in Lowell early Wednesday morning.

The fire broke out on Westford Street around 3:30 a.m., collapsing the roof of the house as flames spread to two adjacent structures.

The Department of Fire Services confirmed that one person died in the fire, while two others were flown to Boston hospitals with serious injuries.

Daphne Lopez, who lives in the multi-family home, says her grandmother initially tried to put out the flames but the smoke became too much to handle.

“Her first advice was to go and throw water but I told her, ‘It’s too late. It’s too late.’ She stayed back there trying to open the door, trying to see if the smoke would go away but by the time I went back there, I couldn’t even see her in the smoke, like it was terrible inside, so I know for a fact that this was meant to happen for us to leave and get out safely,” she said.

Lopez added that she helped her grandmother and several others get out of the house.

The Salvation Army Lowell Emergency Disaster Services says it is coordinating with the American Red Cross and the Lowell Fire Department to assist the 50 to 60 residents who were displaced.

Firefighters also rescued a dog from the charred building.

The fire is being jointly investigated by the Lowell fire and police departments, and state police assigned to both the Office of the State Fire Marshal and the Office of the Middlesex District Attorney.

No additional information was immediately available.

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