Wilbraham, MA General Alarm 2460 Boston Rd. 3/11/12
Talk about being in the right place at the right time. Normally, living on the West side of the CT River, I wouldn't take in a job in Wilbraham, due to driving distance but this was a different situation. I was already in Springfield, just a mile or so from the Springfield/Wilbraham line en route to a brush fire in the city when I spotted the smoke column from this job. 5 minutes drive down Boston Rd. and I got some decent fireground photos. This fire reportedly started as illegal burning of materials behind the building and spread up the Charlie side wall, to the soffet vents and into the cockloft. Wilbraham, with help from Ludlow and East Longmeadow made a good stop of the fire, containing it to the cockloft.
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