Fire crews battled a three-alarm fire at a home in Franklin, Massachusetts, Wednesday evening.
The fire broke out in the basement of a home on Elm Street, eventually spreading to the first and second floors and then the attic.
Fire officials said the fire was heavily involved when crews first arrived, and there was difficulty putting it out because of how far the flames had spread.
Crews were called out of the home due to an impinged propane tank. Solar panels on the roof of the home also made battling the blaze more difficult.
“By the time we were ready to, to really go with heavy water, the fire had really taken the whole house at that point,” Franklin Battalion Fire Chief Keith Darling said.
Three people were inside the home at the time of the fire, but all residents were able to evacuate safely.
Video from a witness at the scene showed flames and thick black smoke shooting from the top of the home.
“It’s just crazy, we’ve been living here – I’ve been here for five years now, and I’ve never seen anything up close like this before,” neighbor Candace Devens said.
Several neighboring towns, including Attleboro, Foxborough, Milford and Hopkinton, responded to put out the blaze.
No one was hurt in the blaze.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
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