Crime & Safety

UPDATED: Fire at Home on Pleasant Road Sunday Afternoon

Officials said the family was safely evacuated from the home.

Photo Courtesy Wilmington Police Department

A local family is safe after a fire in their home Sunday afternoon.

Police and firefighters were on the scene of a fire on Pleasant Road just after 2:30 p.m. Sunday afternoon.

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Reports said the fire was showing from the rear of a home.

Wilmington Police said the family in that home was safely evacuated.

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As crews were on scene of the fire, a motor vehicle crash also occurred in town. Billerica Fire responded to Wilmington to offer mutual aid for station coverage while officials tended to both the fire and crash.

Wilmington Patch will bring you more information as it becomes available.

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