GLOUCESTER , MASS. (WHDH) - Emergency crews responded in Gloucester Thursday after a fire broke out in a local home.
The Gloucester Fire Department in a statement said authorities first responded around 1 p.m. after police reported smoke coming from a home on Holly Street.
Gloucester fire officials said the emergency response soon grew to two alarms as the fire spread within the house. The fire was ultimately knocked down near 1:50 p.m.
Officials said one person got out of the home before firefighters arrived on scene. No one else was inside at the time of the fire.
Though there were no reported injuries, officials said the home was deemed uninhabitable.
The cause of the fire remained under investigation as of Thursday afternoon.
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