NEWS RELEASE
January 5, 2012
 
 
On Thursday, January 5th at approximately 3:29 am, Grafton Police and Fire personnel responded to 1 Hingham Road for a report of a house fire. A 911 call was received from the resident at 3 Hingham Road who reported that their neighbor’s house was on fire.
 
On arrival, officers reported heavy smoke coming from the house. Officers located the sole resident who stated she was awakened by smoke in the house and was able to escape without injury. Grafton Fire personnel were able to contain the fire before the structure became fully involved.
 
Preliminary examination indicates that the fire started in the basement. The cause of the fire remains under investigation by Grafton Police Detective William Kuck, members of the MA State Fire Marshall’s Office and special agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF.)
 
To ensure everyone’s safety, the Grafton Police and Fire Departments would like to remind residents to follow some simple fire prevention precautions:
  • Please ensure that any combustible materials (papers, cardboard boxes, rags, clothing, gasoline, solvents, etc.) are kept away from potential heat sources such as wood stoves, fireplaces, furnaces, space heaters and electrical outlets.
  • Always use caution when using candles and keep matches and lighters secured and away from children.
  • If there are smokers in the house, make sure to use large, deep ashtrays on sturdy surfaces like a table and douse cigarette and cigar butts with water before dumping them in the trash.
 
Citizens are also reminded to make sure that their smoke detectors are working properly. They should be tested monthly and the batteries should be changed at least once a year. Even if the smoke detectors are hard wired, batteries need to be changed so that the detector will function even when power goes out as is the case in many fires.
 

 

Normand A. Crepeau, Jr.

Chief of Police

 

ONE WAY NOTIFICATION

Depot Street Bridge

To minimize the threat fo public safety that currenly exists due to the deteriorating sidewalk condition on the Depot Street Bridge, effective Monday, March 28, 2011 the sidewalk and the adjacent travel lane will be closed and Depot Street will become one way in an easterly direction from Ferry Street and Maple Avenue toward Providence Rd (Rt. 122).

Two way Traffic will still be allowed between Providence Road and the bridge in order to minimize commercial vehicle traffic.