SEEKONK, Mass. (WPRI) — Firefighters knocked down a garage fire in Seekonk Friday that caused the structure’s roof to collapse.
Seekonk Fire Chief Shaun Whalen told 12 News that firefighters were met with heavy fire when they first arrived at the scene. Whalen noted that the fire may have been burning for “quite some time” as the roof collapse happened a short time after firefighters arrived.
“We had the fire under control within about a half an hour,” Whalen said. “With the heavy volume of fire that we had inside that garage, a lot of flammables, a lot of welding material, the fire did come under control pretty quickly.”…