A man and woman were seriously injured in a two-alarm house fire in Wakefield Sunday morning, according to firefighters.
The Wakefield Fire Department began receiving calls about an explosion at 318 Water St. around 8:45 a.m., the fire department said in a press release. At the scene, firefighters saw heavy flames coming from the third floor of the six-family home and immediately struck a second alarm.
Wakefield firefighters and police officers rescued two adults from the home’s third floor, the fire department said. First responders took a woman with serious injuries to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston by ambulance. They also took a man with serious injuries to Melrose-Wakefield Hospital.
