Firefighters Blame Overloaded Extension Cords for Apartment Fire
In Braintree, Massachusetts, firefighters suspect that a recent fire might have been caused by an electrical issue. This pastThursday, the three floor apartment building, known as Braintree Gardens, had a smoke alarm go off early in the early morning.The hallways were filled with a dense, black smoke, causing many residents to flee to their small, outdoor balconies, rather than try and navigate to the inside stairways.
Luckily, firefighters were on the scene within minutes, and knocked out first and second story windows so that residents could be escorted down and out of the building, and into the area parking lot. "They were great. They got us out right away," said resident Scott Bradley, who had been stuck in his third-floor unit.
The fire is currently under investigation by firefi...
