Quick action by Little Compton firefighters and the “East Bay Tanker Task Force” contained a fire to the corner of this house at 99 Round Pond Road.
The fire in the unoccupied residence, the chief said, was called in at about 6:30 a.m.
To fight the blaze, he said, the East Bay tanker task force was mobilized, comprised of tanker trucks from Little Compton, Westport, Tiverton, Warren, Portsmouth, and Middletown, that one after the other provided water to an engine that pumped it onto the blaze.
Chief Petrin estimates that 20 to 25 firefighters from the various towns were involved in the effort.
“It was a good-sized house,” he said, a summer home owned by residents who live in town. No firefighters were hurt in the effort. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Add to favorites
Print
Email
