Lynnfield, MA 2nd Alarm - 55 Summer St. - 8/20/13

Lynnfield Firefighters, with the assistance of firefighters from several surrounding towns, battled a 2 alarm fire in the towns DPW garage in the mid afternoon hours. Reports were received of a loud explosion and fire inside a garage at the complex involving a backhoe tractor. Firefighters arrived to find heavy smoke showing from the garage. Several pieces of equipment were damaged or lost along with damage to the structure, a large metal clad building used to house the towns public works machinery. The fire was knocked down within an hour with units remaining on scene to overhaul the structure. The fire is currently under investigation.