Captain John Daniels, Lt Mark Casey, Firefighter Shaun Kennery, and Firefighter Brian Oates responded to assist in fighting the Concord fire.
“It is heartening to see the strong work of the first arriving firefighters and the seamless transition to a team as the mutual aid firefighters worked together with the Concord firefighters under difficult conditions,” noted Bedford Fire Chief David Grunes.
In a joint statement Concord’s Police Chief Joseph O’Connor and Fire Chief Thomas M. Judge with State Fire Marshal Peter J. Ostroskey, announced that the cause of Friday’s 4-alarm fire at the historic home at 240 Fairhaven Hill Road in Concord was caused by an accidental chimney fire.
The Concord Fire Department, the Concord Police Department, the District 14 Fire Investigation Team and State Police assigned to the Office of the State Fire Marshal jointly investigated the fire.
The investigators determined that a fire in the fireplace extended from inside the chimney through a breach in the mortar. This allowed superheated gases to escape and ignite structural components. “We’re confident the fireplace was used in a correct and appropriate manner by the occupants of the home, and that this was a tragic accident,” Chief Judge said.
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