SCITUATE, MASS. (WHDH) - Officials commended first responders on Monday a matter of days after a large fire ripped through several homes in Scituate.
Calls came in reporting the fire shortly before 8 p.m. Friday on Glades Road near Minot Beach.
Five homes were eventually destroyed. Three others sustained damage.
SKY7 was over Scituate Monday, showing piles of rubble left behind.
“Everyone did a tremendous job,” Deputy Fire Chief Mark Donovan said Monday afternoon. “There was a lot of hard work. It was a long, long duration.”
More than 60 firefighters were involved in the fire response, which stretched into Saturday morning. On Monday, officials said the tight spacing of the homes in the area was a serious issue.
Some of the homes, Donovan said, were only separated by three to four feet in some areas. One was connected by a deck.
“So, we had a lot of challenges when we arrived,” Donovan said.
Three of the five homes that were destroyed were owned by the same person.
Since the fire, the Red Cross and other organizations have been helping those displaced with shelter and necessities.
Ultimately, neighbors said this incident could have been worse.
“You can rebuild a house, but if someone dies, you can’t replace that,” Debby Young said.
Officials said the people who owned the homes that burnt to the ground will be responsible for cleaning up debris.
The cause of the fire remained under investigation as of Monday.
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