Middleboro Fatal Fire Claims Life of Juvenile Girl

MIDDLEBORO (WBSM) — A juvenile girl perished in a fatal fire in Middleboro early this morning.

Middleboro Fire and Police were dispatched to 27 Pearl Street at about 2 a.m. this morning for a report of a structure fire with people trapped inside.

Firefighters arrived to find heavy fire coming from the first and second floors of the home. A juvenile female was reportedly trapped inside, but the heavy fire conditions prevented firefighters from entering the home to attempt to rescue her.

Once the fire was knocked down, they entered to find the juvenile girl deceased inside the home. Her identity has not been released.

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Officials said an adult female was transported by ambulance to Rhode Island Hospital with serious burn injuries, while an adult male and another juvenile female were both transported by ambulance to local hospitals with less severe injuries.

Firefighters from Raynham, Bridgewater and Lakeville provided mutual aid at the scene, and firefighters from Carver covered Middleborough stations.

The cause of the fire is under investigation by the Middleboro Fire Department, Middleboro Police, the Fire and Explosion Investigation Unit attached to the State Fire Marshal's Office and the Plymouth County District Attorney's Office.