Man Dead After Fire at Mystic Place Apartments Friday

A man who was rescued from his smoke-filled apartment at Mystic Place last Friday died in the hospital Saturday, police said.

The man, who's name was not yet released Monday afternoon, was found on the floor of his first floor apartment unit at 3610 Mystic Valley Parkway, Deputy fire Chief Patrick Ripley said at the scene Friday. Emergency workers performed CPR on the man after taking him from the building, then rushed him to Lawrence General Hospital.

He was taken from there to Massachusetts General Hospital, Ripley said.

He died at the hospital Saturday, police Lt. Paul Covino said. The Medford Police and Fire Departments are investigating the fire. No cause has been determined yet, officials said.

A written report from the Fire Department was not completed as of about noon Monday. 

Fire crews arrived at complex about 9 a.m. and found heavy smoke coming from a first floor unit of the north tower, also called tower A, Ripley said at the scene. The male victim was found unconscious in the apartment where the fire started, Ripley said.

"They forced entry, they did their search and they found a victim on the floor there," Ripley said at the scene. They got him out into a corridor, at that point other companies assisted, they moved him out to the back, they worked on him there, and he was transported to the hospital."

The man was taken out through the rear door of the building and worked on by paramedics before being taken by ambulance to the hospital, Ripley said.

Several other people had to be helped out of the complex and some were checked for minor injuries Friday morning, Ripley said. The first floor of the building sustained heavy smoke and water damage.The fire was contained quickly. No fire or smoke was showing just after 9:30 a.m.

It's the second time in the tower has been hit with fire in 7 months. A fire that started on a stove in a 9th floor unit caused the entire building to be evacuated late at night on Nov. 15. No one was hurt in that fire.

The situation was more challenging Friday because the first floor of the building has more difficult access than higher floors, Ripley said.