Firefighters Battle Blaze At Old Danvers Train Station

DANVERS, MA – Firefighters were called to the scene of a fire on Cherry Street around 1 a.m. on Monday, and found the old Danvers train station ablaze.

Danvers Fire Chief Robert Pyburn said on Monday that the fire was knocked down fairly quickly, but small pockets of fire kept cropping up, and crews were on scene until roughly 4 a.m. No injuries were reported.

Pyburn said the structure on Cherry Street is the las surviving train station in Danvers and is on the Townsend Oil property. An oil truck parked next to the building was burning, as was the building itself. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

"It’s kind of a unique structure. It has these wide canopies that come out from the sides of the building that people would stand under waiting for the trains," said Pyburn. He said there was extensive damage to the canopy, and to the exterior walls on two sides.

Crews from Beverly, Peabody, Salem, and Middleton responded to the scene.

"The initial crews on scene did an outstanding job," said Pyburn. "It was a heavy fire when they arrived and they quickly hit the bulk of the fire to keep it from getting any worse."

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