“Around 1:50 or so all the alarms in the apartment woke us up and now we’re here.”
Thomas Cardinale and his girlfriend climbed out of a window of their smokey apartment only to get trapped on a fiery roof.
Firefighters in Westborough, Massachusetts rescued them from a blaze early Sunday morning.
“It was all flames all going like crazy up there.”, he added.
Westborough Fire responded to 22-26 South St. for reports of a structure fire at around 1:55 a.m.
The majority of the blaze coming from the back of a commercial building, which includes a restaurant and a residential apartment.
The man who lives in the building and his girlfriend climbed out the window and were trapped on the roof.
Westborough Firefighters rescued them via ground ladders while simultaneously spraying the building. They had help from fire departments in Northborough southborough hopkinton Grafton and Framingham.
“We’re a small town we have a decent staffing for a small town but it is challenging when we have life safety issues and we have to conduct both operations at the same time.” said Westborough Fire Chief Patrick Purcell.
The fire chief estimates there’s about $1 million worth of damage to the structure and $50,000 of damage for the van.
“It happens I guess im glad everyones ok and theres no tragedies we’ll say loss wise.”, Cardinale said.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
