CHICOPEE – Fire officials said a city employee was seriously injured after suffering from smoke inhalation and burns in a basement fire Tuesday night. Mike Lovely, who works for the Department of Public Works, was cooking on a stove in the basement of 116 Polaski Ave. when the fire started and ended up trapped under a collapsed ceiling. A neighbor...
CHICOPEE – Fire officials said a city employee was seriously injured after suffering from smoke inhalation and burns in a basement fire Tuesday night.
Mike Lovely, who works for the Department of Public Works, was cooking on a stove in the basement of 116 Polaski Ave. when the fire started and ended up trapped under a collapsed ceiling. A neighbor tried to help him out before the Fire Department arrived but was unable to free him, said Deputy Chief Joseph Crevier.
Firefighters rescued Lovely and brought him to Baystate Medical Center in Springfield by ambulance and extinguished the blaze.
The fire, which caused about $20,000 in damages, was limited to the basement but wiring was damaged and there was significant smoke damage in the rest of the house. The rest of the family was away on vacation when the fire happened. They will not be able to return until the wiring is repaired and inspected, Crevier said.