Crime & Safety

1 Dead In Westwood Fire

Crews responded to a two-alarm fire on Tamarack Road Wednesday night.

WESTWOOD, MA – A man pulled from his Tamarack Road home died of injuries sustained in a two-alarm fire Wednesday evening, the State Fire Marshal confirmed. The victim's identity has not been released.

The fire broke out at 70 Tamarack Rd. The man was taken to the hospital with serious injuries and later pronounced dead.

It is the third fire death in Massachusetts in 2018.

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The cause of the fire is under investigation.

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