Firefighters respond to Mass Pike two Car Crash with one injury and a car on fire

November 7, 2009

Firefighters and paramedics responded to the Massachusetts Turnpike on Saturday afternoon, November 7th in Ambulance 28 and Engine 23 for a vehicle crash with one injury. While responding, State Police called back reporting one vehicle was on fire.

The four on-duty personnel had to attend to one injured driver, as well as a gasoline-fed car fire, which was in the woods in the rear of houses on Gilmore Road.

Firefighter/Paramedic Matt Rice, and Firefighter/Intermediate Bob Kane attended to the injured driver. The driver was transported to the hospital with non life-threatening injuries. Lieutenant/Paramedic Mark Sadowski and Firefighter/Paramedic Kenneth Strong started to fight the car fire. Chief John Mauro also responded.

Additional assistance was requested from off-duty and on-call personnel, as well as for another engine with water and firefighting foam. The fire was difficult to extinguish as it was fed by leaking gasoline from the fuel tank.

Firefighter were on scene for nearly two hours while the fire was extinguished, trees were cut down to access the car, and the car was removed from the scene via flat-bed tow truck.

No further injuries were reported. The car is a total loss.

Firefighter/Paramedic Strong and Lt./Paramedic Sadowski work on extinguishing the fire.

Firefighter/Paramedic Strong and Lt./Paramedic Sadowski work on extinguishing the fire.

Apparatus in the westbound lane of the MassPike one mile west of the former State Police barracks. The car is behind the houses on Gilmore Road.

Firefighter/Paramedic Strong and Lt./Paramedic Sadowski work on extinguishing the fire. Foam is applied knocking down the gasoline-fed fire.

Lt./Paramedic Sadowski exits the woods covered in foam.

Chief Mauro directing operations.

Trees are cut down, and access is gained to the trunk to extinguish the remaining fire.