EMILY MAHER HAS MORE. YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE FLAMES BRAZED THROUGH THIS HOUSE. THEY DESTROYED EVERYTHING. INVESTIGATORS SAY THREE PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO GET OUT SAFELY, BUT A FOURTH, A WOMAN, WAS TRAPPED ON THE SECOND FLOOR WHILE FIREFIGHTERS RUSHED TO HER AID. I HAVE FIRE IN THE ROOF. SET A SECOND ALARM. IT WAS JUST BEFORE 11:00 PM SATURDAY NIGHT WHEN POLICE SAW FIRE IN A GARAGE ON EAST MAIN STREET AND CALLED 911. UPON ARRIVAL, POLICE REPORT A POSSIBLE VICTIM TRAPPED ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF A GARAGE. INVESTIGATORS SAY THREE PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO SAFELY EXIT THE BURNING HOUSE ON THEIR OWN. THE FOURTH, A WOMAN, WAS TRAPPED. FIREFIGHTERS ARE WORKING TIRELESSLY TO HELP HER. WE HAVE OUR EYES ON THE VICTIM. WE WILL. I NEED ANOTHER LADDER ON THOSE OPEN SIDE WINDOWS. WE NEED TO PROTECT OURSELVES. THERE IS A FIRE FLYING OVER US RIGHT NOW. TEAMS HELPED THE WOMAN OUT THROUGH A SECOND FLOOR WINDOW WITH A LADDER AND TAKEN HER TO A HOSPITAL IN NEWBURYPORT WHERE SHE DIED DUE TO THE FLAMES WHICH MADE IT SO DANGEROUS AND THE HOUSE SO UNSTABLE. FIREFIGHTERS WERE CALLED OUT OF THE BUILDING AND AN ANNOUNCEMENT WAS MADE. ALL FIREFIGHTERS IMMEDIATELY OUT OF THE BUILDING. TEAMS SAY FLAMES ARE BLOWING 20 FT HIGH FROM THE ROOF OF THE TWO AND A HALF STORY HOUSE AND SAY ADDITIONAL HELP WAS REQUESTED QUICKLY. IT IMMEDIATELY WENT TO A SECOND AND THIRD. WE PUT UP THE FOURTH ALARM FOR MORE PERSONNEL. AT THIS TIME, THE NAME OF THE DECEASED WOMAN HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE CAUSE OF THIS FIRE IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION BUT DOES NOT APPEAR SUSPICIOUS.

Woman dies after being rescued from burning house in Georgetown

Updated: June 23, 2024, 6:37 p.m. EDT

Three people were able to escape the house fire under their own power, but one person was trapped on the second floor.

GEORGETOWN, Mass. —

Three people were able to escape the house fire under their own power, but one person was trapped on the second floor.