Burrillville House Fire Leaves One Dead, Officials Confirm
Shortly before 4 a.m. on Friday, a quiet stretch of Burrillville was jolted awake by flames.
I’m talking about a home inside the Maplehill Mobile Home Park on Welles Road, where police and firefighters arrived to find the structure already engulfed in fire. By the time crews from the Burrillville Police Department and the East Burrillville Fire Department reached the scene, the blaze had taken full hold of the home.
If you’ve ever driven through that area early in the morning, you know how still it usually is. That’s what makes this incident hit harder. A fire breaking out at that hour leaves little time to react, especially in a mobile home where flames can spread fast…