Overview
- Flames erupted shortly after 12:30 a.m. at the four-story Executive Manor on Union Street, racing from the third to the fourth floor and roof.
- Firefighters operated in rescue mode, using ladders and aerial buckets to reach trapped occupants as at least one person jumped from a balcony.
- An adult male was found unresponsive and later pronounced dead; a child remains in critical condition and a woman was taken to a Boston-area hospital in critical condition.
- Authorities report additional residents hospitalized with serious injuries, and approximately 10–13 families—roughly 40–50 people—were displaced to local shelter with Red Cross support.
- Crews declared the fire under control around 1:50 a.m., and state and local investigators continue interviews and scene work in a third-floor unit.