Belmont firefighters reply to automobile crash and hearth on identical avenue

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Whereas firefighters have been responding to the automobile crash, a lady ran to them to alert them of a house that had caught hearth down the road.

A automobile crashed right into a parked automobile on Newton Road in Belmont Friday afternoon. Belmont Hearth Division

Belmont firefighters put out a fireplace in a house Friday afternoon whereas responding to a automobile crash on the identical avenue.

Slightly earlier than 3:15 p.m., a automobile crashed right into a parked automobile on Newton Road, inflicting the primary automobile to drive up onto the parked automobile, the Belmont Hearth Division mentioned in a press launch. Firefighters stabilized the automobile earlier than taking the motive force to a hospital.

Round 3:45 p.m., whereas firefighters have been nonetheless responding to the crash, a lady alerted them {that a} residence down the road had caught hearth, the discharge mentioned. When firefighters bought to the house, they discovered heavy smoke coming from inside.

Nobody was within the residence on the time of the fireplace, however firefighters rescued two cats, the discharge mentioned. The fireplace was on the second ground of the house, and Belmont firefighters have been in a position to put it out with the assistance of Cambridge and Watertown firefighters.

Firefighters are nonetheless investigating the reason for the fireplace. It’s unclear whether or not any fees have been filed in reference to the automobile crash.

Originally posted 2023-06-19 02:45:31.