IPSWICH, MASS. (WHDH) - Officials are investigating the cause of a fire that tore through a home in Ipswich early Tuesday morning.
Firefighters responding to a reported fire on Stage Hill Road around 1 a.m. found flames coming from the left side and back of a home, as well as an exterior fire on the vinyl siding of a neighboring home, according to Ipswich Fire Chief Andy Theriault.
A 120-gallon propane tank’s pressure relief valve had gone off at the first house, and firefighters quickly worked to cool the tank down and began an aggressive attack on the fire, Theriault said.
No one was home at the time and there were no reported injuries.
Residents of the neighboring house were home but evacuated prior to firefighters’ arrival.
The first home was deemed a total loss, while the neighboring home sustained exterior damage only to its siding.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
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