Kitchen Fire Erupts on Batchelder Road

The single-family home received smoke damage throughout the house.

  Firefighters knocked down a kitchen fire around dinner time Wednesday at 4 Batchelder Road. One person was home when fire erupted, said Marblehead fire Capt. Elizabeth Wilson. Marblehead firefighters were dispatched about 5:50 p.m. to a report of a fire on an oven at the home, the captain said. The first crew on the scene put out the flames with a chemical extinguisher. Firefighters opened the kitchen ceiling and walls to search for any fire extending within, the fire captain said. Firefighters opened windows to ventilate the house. The damage was mostly a result of the smoke, she said. The fire captain said the house remains habitable. No injuries were reported. Swampscott fire provided station back-up for Marblehead.

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Firefighters Battle Two-Alarm Fire on McKinley Road

Marblehead firefighters extinguished a two-alarm fire that broke out in a McKinley Road home Thursday morning.

Marblehead firefighters knocked down a two-alarm fire that broken out in a home on McKinley Road Thursday morning. The fire, which was first reported around 9 a.m., is believed to have originated somewhere in the basement, according to scanner reports. Fire Chief Jason Gilliland said the cause of the fire is still under investigation. McKinley road has been reopened to traffic. We'll post more as we learn it. For breaking Marblehead news as it happens, sign up for the Marblehead Patch newsletter.

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