Firefighters responded Friday afternoon to a 3-alarm fire at a house on Durant Road, of Weston Road, in Wellesley. The fire, which was seen going through the roof of the two-story woodframe home, was brought under control by mid-afternoon.
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The house belongs to the Daniel family, including local TV news reporter Ted Daniel. Reportedly no one was hurt in fire.
Reports from the scene were that a fire hydrant in front of the house (shown here) didn’t work.
Wellesley Police closed Weston Road between Route 9 and Manor Avenue at the Weston line on Friday afternoon, though re-opened it by around 4pm.
Twitter burst into action with reports on the blaze:
BREAKING: Large house fire in #Wellesley on Durant Road. #wbz pic.twitter.com/zlWWOIMnWy
— Peter Wilson (@PetesWire) August 16, 2013
https://twitter.com/BradTatum/status/368428684085981184
Wellesley 3rd alarm 1 Durant Road. Two story wood frame fire through roof.
— Douglas Dow (@FullyInvFire94) August 16, 2013
#wellesley fire brought under control. Smoke has subsided significantly. Dep chief said tanks on trucks allowed water to be out on quickly.
— Jordan R. Mayblum (@TownsmanJordan) August 16, 2013
Typo: “Durant Road, of Weston Road”, “of” should be “off”.
Oh, and several hovering helicopters made the Perrin neighborhood noisy during the duration.
Boo hoo. Helicopters are noisy.
I have nine years of the most awesome memories in this house! I’m devastated for the Lee family, former owners of the home until 2006, and myself. I will no longer ever have the ability to drive by and smile from all the wonderful memories the Lee family brought to my life. God Bless the Lee family and the new owners 🙁