GILL, MA (WGGB/WSHM) – An overnight fire destroyed a Franklin County house.

Gill fire officials said emergency crews were called to reports of fire alarms going off at a Vassar Way house around 2:30 a.m. Wednesday. When the fire chief arrived on-scene, he saw heavy smoke and flames coming from the roof and windows and found that everyone was able to get out safely.

A call for a first-alarm fire brought in mutual aid from several area departments including Greenfield, Northfield, Bernardston, Turners Falls, Montague, Erving, South Deerfield, and Deerfield. A water supply was established by using the Dry Brook and running 1,500 feet of hose to the scene. Crews also reportedly had to hike to the scene to help because of the house’s remote location.

“Unfortunately based on the fully involved nature of the fire on arrival, only defensive exterior techniques could be utilized and the building was mostly destroyed,” Gill fire officials said in a social media post.

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