The fire that broke out at a triple-decker in Worcester, Massachusetts, and spread to a second building Friday night, killing two people, has now claimed the.
‘We’re going to make it through this;’ Adams family mourns loss of Edna Mae Williams and Gerald ‘Jerry’ Prince in Worcester fire
Updated Feb 13, 2021;
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Members of the Adams family could run up and down the stairs at their three-decker at 13 Jaques Ave., easily popping in on each level to be with one another. With generations living together under one roof, there were a tight-knit family.
That strong bond is what will now propel the Adams family through an unimaginable loss.
On Friday night, flames quickly tore through the building, leaving two family members dead and another severely injured. On the first floor of the three-decker, the blaze claimed the lives of Edna Mae Williams and her son Gerald “Jerry” Prince. Trying to escape the fire, Woodrow Adams Sr. jumped from the third-floor deck.
‘Please help if you can’: Actor and Worcester native Denis Leary throws support behind fund for victims of fatal fire
Updated Feb 14, 2021;
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Actor Denis Leary, a Worcester native, showed support for the victims of a Friday night fatal fire on Sunday when he tweeted out a link to a fund to help the family.
Lorraine and Woodrow Adams Jr. said Edna Mae Williams and Gerald “Jerry” Prince, Lorraine’s mother and brother, succumbed to flames on the first floor of the family home at 13 Jaques Ave.
Woodrow Adams Sr., 71, jumped from the third-story porch of the home during the fire and died on Saturday afternoon from his injuries at Massachusetts General Hospital.