Watertown Daily Times | North Orchard Street apartment fire caused by ‘lightweight extension cords’

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WATERTOWN — Neighbors on Coffeen Street described a dramatic scene at a Friday afternoon fire.

Tana Stephenson said she and her friend Sylvia Mayo were just pulling up to her house when they saw “white and gray, and then black” smoke coming from the porch of 228 N. Orchard St.

Ms. Mayo said that she saw a woman run out of a neighboring house “yelling that there were people and animals inside. Just a minute after that a truck pulled up to the house. Two guys came out and actually kicked the front door down.”

Ms. Stephenson, 418 Coffeen St., and Ms. Mayo, Adams, both said those events unfolded in less than five minutes.

Both also described hearing an explosion and seeing flames “bursting out the front door” after the passers-by kicked it in.

Watertown City Fire Chief Dale C. Herman confirmed that no one was injured. Witnesses say the occupants of the four-apartment house escaped before first responders from the city fire department arrived.

He said that his department “got reports of smoke and flames on the corner of Coffeen and North Orchard” at 1:20 p.m. on Friday. “We saw the flames coming out of what appeared to be a front porch, but was actually a converted bedroom.”

A press release from the Watertown City Fire Department confirmed that the fire started in the bedroom of apartment four. The press release also stated that the cause of the fire is “attributed to the use of lightweight extension cords.”

Chief Herman said three of the four units are currently occupied.

National Grid was also on the scene to temporarily disconnect the building’s power, as its utility meter is located near the fire’s origin.

The fire chief said that there was actually little structural damage to the building. The building is owned by Coffeen Street Associates LLC, of Hicksville, according to city property records.

The tenants are being assisted by the Red Cross, and the occupants of the unaffected apartments should be able to return, according to the press release.

The Watertown City Fire Department was assisted on scene by Fort Drum and Guilfoyle Ambulance, along with the Watertown City Police and City Code Enforcement.

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