Four, Including Dog, Unharmed in House Fire
Multiple fire departments responded to a house fire late Tuesday afternoon on St. James Drive.
Three are displaced after a substantial fire caused smoke damage to a home on St. James Drive on Tuesday afternoon. Northborough, Marlborough and Westborough fire departments responded to an alarm at 4:07 p.m. after a call from a homeowner who smelled and saw smoke in the home at 33 St. James Drive. Nancy Haynes, the cousin of the owners of the home, stays in an inlaw apartment on the bottom floor of the home. At 3:30 p.m, Haynes sad she came home and ten minutes later "thought I smelled smoke." Coming upstairs to the first floor, Haynes saw thick smoke and called 911. "I smelled a burning that was like rubber or plastic," said Haynes. "The recessed lights in the kitchen also flickered. I thought we were losing electricity for a minute." …
