Fire Incidents, Sept. 14 - Sept. 20

Fire incidents by the numbers:

EMS calls, excluding car accidents: 34

EMS calls, no transport/treatment refusal: 22

Smoke scares/odor of smoke: 6

Gas leaks: 5

Car accidents, basic or advanced life support: 5

Advanced life support calls from other towns: 4

Calls cancelled en route: 3

Alarm malfunctions: 2

Unintentional alarms: 2

Assist police or other agency: 2

Building fires: 1

People needing removal from an elevator: 1

Water evacuation: 1

Power lines down: 1

Cooking fires: 1

Brush fires: 1

Fire Incidents:

A transformer exploded on Worthen Road Monday, Sept. 13 at 9:08 p.m. NStar was notified, and firefighters checked the area.

Also on Sept. 13, heavy smoke was reported coming from a chimney on Pelham Road at 10:22 p.m. Firefighters found cardboard burning in the boiler chamber. The fire was self-contained.

Tuesday, Sept. 14, a cooking fire occurred at Countryside Village at 7:44 p.m. causing the fire alarms to sound. Firefighters found a microwave on fire in one of the buildings. The building was ventilated and the alarm reset.

Also that night, a fire was reported at Brookhaven at Lexington on Waltham Road at 8:38 p.m. The fire appears to have been caused by a large electrical conduit with faults in its outer shell, which ignited wood framing in the attic. Firefighters from Lexington, Waltham and Hanscom worked to put out the fire in the back of the building. The fire was knocked down, and a large attic area was ventilated. One firefighter was taken to Lahey Clinic and treated for exhaustion.

Multiple calls were received on Wednesday, Sept. 15 around 3:46 p.m. about a brush or grass fire near Rte. 128 at exit 31A and 30. Firefighters extinguished the small brush fire, which covered an area about 30 feet by 50 feet.

A fuel burner fire was reported Sept. 15 at 5:32 p.m. on Robinson Road. The homeowner ventilated the home, and firefighters shut down the system. The resident was advised to contact their service company.

Also on Sept. 15, an odor of gas was reported at Lexington High School at 5:51 p.m. A stink bomb had been set off, believed to be by students in a driver's education course. The school resource officer planned to meet with the class the following day.

On Thursday, Sept. 16, at 7:50 p.m., a Kendall Road resident reported smoke coming from their washing machine. Firefighters unplugged the machine and investigated the belt. The area was checked with a camera, and no extension of the fire was found.

An odor of smoke in the basement electrical room was reported at the National Heritage Museum on Marrett Road on Sunday, Sept. 19 at 1:47 p.m. Firefighters smelled smoke and electrical burning, and checked all electrical devices and lighting. Nothing appeared to be hot or burning. Later that afternoon, at 2:54 p.m., firefighters found an exterior transformer was smoking, with leaves burning around it and scorch marks present. Occasional smoke was emitting from the base of the unit, and temperature readings of more than 200 degrees were noted at the base. NStar was requested to cut the power to the building and transformer.

On Monday, Sept. 20 at 10:43 a.m., an outside gas leak was reported on Winthrop Road, after contractors struck a gas main. National Grid mitigated the situation, and firefighters found no indication of gas in the surrounding buildings.