LOWELL, MASS. (WHDH) - A woman was hospitalized after fire crews pulled her from a burning building in Lowell Monday morning.
Crews from several stations were called in to the fire, which affected several businesses on Center Street. Calls about the fire were first made to authorities around 4:30 a.m.; by 8 a.m. the fire had been put out.
“There was fire, you could see it through all four windows, in the front of the building,” said Ethan Calabritto, who witnessed the fire. “And then it very quickly started coming through the windows in the basement here. You could also see very heavy smoke and a little of orange glow in the windows in the back of the building as well. It was very, very smoky.”
The fire started in the basement, according to authorities, and the rescued woman was located on the first floor. She was taken to the hospital, where she remained in critical condition, officials said.
“It was a very well-involved basement fire. It was a difficult fire to get into and it took us a little while to get control of it at the basement level so we could enter on the third floor,” said Lowell Fire Chief Phillip Charron.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
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