Fire Destroys Peabody Abandoned 3-Family Home

PEABODY, MA — A boarded-up abandoned house on Warren Street — the site of a previous fire — is completely destroyed after a blaze ripped through the three-story building in Peabody Wednesday night.

The fire began early in the evening and reached three alarms before crews got it under control around 9 p.m. Crews worked on hot spots past 3 a.m. and remained on the scene early Thursday morning to monitoring for flare-ups.

"It was a long night shift for Group 4 but we are happy to say all went home," Peabody Firefighters Local 925 said.

Fire crews reported "one minor injury" but added the firefighter went to the hospital and returned home late Wednesday night.

Power was out in the area through much of the night.

Crews responded with equipment from Beverly, Lynn, Lynnfield, Salem, Swampscott, Danvers and Wenham, as well as Rehab 5 firefighter support.

"The house was not occupied for many years — about six years — due to another fire that made the house unsafe to live in," Donnie Skelton, who lives two houses down, told Patch Thursday morning. "I believe both houses on either side were evacuated, so at least four families had to leave their homes."

Skelton said he lost power about 7 p.m. around when the fire broke out and it was not back on until 3 a.m.

"This morning the fire crew was still there with hoses ready to go in case the fire started back up," he said.

Kelsey Herrera, who lives eight houses away, reported to Patch the evacuations and widespread loss of power Wednesday night.

Union Local 925 said the building was a three-story wood frame with a full basement and had been boarded up from the previous fire.

The cause of the fire had not been released as of Thursday morning.

Here are additional photos from the scene from Skelton and Patch readers:

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(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)