Updated on January 19, 2021 at 12:28 pm
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One woman is dead, another person is in the hospital and several animals died in a Holliston house fire early Tuesday morning.
The flames broke out in a living room and backyard of a house at 623 Winter Street before quickly spreading to the roof, according to officials.
A couple escaped safely, but then one person re-entered the burning, smoke-filled home in an attempt to rescue more than a dozen dogs.
Both were transported to a local hospital. One person, a woman, succumbed to her injuries.
The dogs perished. The fire is being jointly investigated by the Holliston Fire and Police and State Police assigned to the Office of the State Fire Marshal.
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Show Transcript NWSCENTER 5’S DOUG MEEHAN HAS MORE FROM HOLLISTON. DOUG: UPON ARRIVAL WE HAD A CALL THAT THERE WAS FIRE IN THE LIVING ROOM AND IN THE BACK YARD. DOUG: DEPUTY CHIEF MARK DELLICKER OF THE HOLISTON FIRE DEPARTMENT DESCRIBES THE SCENE AT 623 WINTER STREET EARLY THIS MORNING. FIRE WAS SHOWING THROUGH THE ROOF. BUT THEY WERE ALSO A REPORT THAT A WOMAN IN HER 70 WHO LIVED HERE HAD GONE BACK INTO THE BURNING BUILDING TO TRY AND SAVE MULTIPLE ANIMALS. THE FIRST CREW WENT INTO THE UPSTAIRS TO THE BEDROOM WHERE SHE WAS REPORTEDLY GOING AND FOUND HER AND GOT HER OUT IN MINUTES. SUFFERING FROM EXTREME SMOKE INHALATION BOTH THE WOMAN AND A MAN IN HIS 80’S WERE TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE SHE LATER DIED. SHE WAS INTO AD