PAXTON, MASS. (WHDH) - Firefighters braved frigid temperatures as they battled two separate fires in Paxton on Friday night.

Emergency crews responding to a reported structure fire on Lincoln Circle just before 9:30 p.m. determine the fire was coming from the house’s basement, according to fire officials.

Firefighters working in the 10-degree temperature managed to contain the majority of the damage to the basement. All of the residents safely evacuated.

Hours earlier, the department extinguished a chimney fire on Streeter Road.

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