Stubborn 3 Alarm Fire at Mansfield and Washington Streets!

About 7:30 pm I hear a report of smoke coming from a home on Mansfield Street. Even before the first fire apparatus arrived on scene they were saying over the radio "smoke showing"! That's when I grabbed my camera and headed over town. With a smokey fire at night such as this, photography is very limited. Without my tripod I tried a few open shutter shots propping my camera on fence posts and vehicles. Unless I'm close my flash is useless. And in a situation like this there is no way I'm going to get in the way of the firefighters. The neighborhood is dense,fighting a fire with structures so close was a challenge for the firefighters, and from what I saw they did a tremendous job. Two homes and one business, the Savour Wine & Cheese shop was involved. One home and the adjacent shop was destroyed while a second home,about 8' away suffered some damage from what I could see. Winds picked up during the blaze and firefighting efforts prevented further destruction.

Joining the Gloucester Fire Department was Beverly,Essex,Manchester and Rockport.

I'll omit captions and let the images show the story.