Just before 11:00 a.m. today, April 2, the Rochester Fire Department was called out to a structure fire on Vaughan Hill Road in Rochester. The first unit on the scene reported, “fire through the roof.”
Initial responders called for assistance from the Mattapoisett and Marion Fire Departments and a tanker from Rochester.
The house is located about 1,000 feet away from the road down a long dirt driveway which created a problem for the department to supply water to the crews on the scene.
Responders managed to drive two engines nearer to the house and other hoses were run down the drive from a tanker parked on the street.
All occupants of the home, and their dogs, were safely outside the house while the firefighters fought the blaze.
The official cause of the fire has not yet been determined, but it caused significant fire, smoke, and water damage to the home. It is unknown whether the fire was started on the outside of the wooden shingle roof or from within the home.
