Firefighters Battle 'Out-of-Control' Fireplace on Christmas Night

Beverly firefighters battled an 'out-of-control' fireplace fire Christmas night, which left the residents of the Hull Street home displaced. 

Chief Peter O'Connor said just before 10 p.m. on Christmas night, firefighters were dispatched to 32 Hull St. for and out of control fireplace fire. Upon arrival Deputy Chief Michael Acciavatti observed smoke coming from the exterior of the home from the left side of the chimney. 

O'Connor said Captain Chris Halloran, Firefighters AJ Petronzio and Brad Saunders from Truck 1 as well as Lieutenant Arthur Fitzpatrick and Firefighters Dean Julien and Scott Steeves arrived on scene shortly after Acciavatti and immediately when to work pulling walls to find the seat of the fire.

Crews from Truck 2, Firefighters Joe Tucker, David Genest and Michael Zarbano went to the second floor looking for fire extension. Two hose lines were stretched from Truck 1 to fight the fire. Firefighters had to dismantle a large part of the fireplace in order to access and extinguish the deep seated fire.

The home owners were home at the time of the fire and there were no injuries reported. The home had fire, water and smoke damage in the living room area that was significant enough to displace the residents.

A crew from North East regional Ambulance stood by the scene as well as Beverly police. National grid was also called to the scene to cut power to the home.

Danvers and Salem covered the Central Fire Station and Manchester covered the West Street station while Beverly crew where at the fire. All companies were released from the scene at midnight.

Drawn from a Beverly Fire Department release.