Lynn, MA – Sprinkler system helps firefighters hold apartment fire in check; No injuries reported

Lynn firefighters responded to a two-alarm fire at 77 Green St., a large 27-apartment building at 8:20 p.m. Saturday, Lynn District Fire Chief Stephen Archer said.  Archer said the call initially came in as a routine alarm activation, but when crews arrived, they found heavy smoke in the basement. The fire, which appeared to have started in there, was inside the walls and went up into a first floor apartment.  A sprinkler system activated, which aided firefighters in holding the fire in check, Archer said.

There were no injuries, but there was heavy smoke and water damage throughout the basement and first floor, and some fire damage in a first floor apartment, Archer said.  Archer said the building was declared uninhabitable by the city’s Inspectional Services Department — there has to be some work done on the building before residents can return. A figure for how many residents lived there and were displaced was not available, but Red Cross responded and placed 11 families.  The blaze is under investigation by the state fire marshal’s office.

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