Crime & Safety

Swampscott Firefighters Battle Blaze on Foster Road

A home on Foster Road was badly damaged in a fire Thursday night.


Firefighters from several North Shore communities braved freezing conditions Thursday night while extinguishing a fire that broke out in a home on Foster Road.

At about 9:30 p.m., firefighters responded to a reported structure fire in a two-story single-family house at 98 Foster Road. 

It appeared as though the house suffered significant structural damage. 

A police officer on scene said there were no reported injuries.

Click Here to view video footage from the scene. 

Members of the Marblehead and Lynn fire departments assisted at the scene.

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