Crime & Safety
Cause of Curry College Maintenance Barn Fire Unknown
The Milton Fire Department responded to Curry College on January 7 for a fire in the lower level of a maintenance building.
A small fire started in the Curry College maintenance building Tuesday afternoon. The fire was quickly knocked down, but a cause has not been determined.
At 1:20 p.m., a firebox was struck in the Curry College maintenance barn. Milton Engine 4, which is kept at the nearby Blue Hill Avenue Station, and Milton Engine 1 from the Headquarters Station on Canton Avenue, responded to the fire.
“Engine 4 was the first to respond and they knocked [the fire] down right away,” said Milton Deputy Fire Chief Kevin Mahoney.
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The fire, which started on the lower level of the large, white building, spread up a wooden column and caused damage to some nearby equipment and paint.
“We had an investigator come in and he couldn’t tell what started it,” said Mahoney.
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An electrical panel on the damaged post was shorted out, but Mahoney said the box was secondary so power was not lost to the rest of the building.
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