Furniture Store Fire in Lincoln

December1, 2022, Lincoln (RI) Fire received an automatic alarm fora Lonsdale Avenue address at the Knock on Wood Furniture Store. Stations 5, 3, 7 and 2, and Rescue 1 were dispatched. Rescue 1 arrived and reported nothing showing from the front of the three-story brick and wood building. Crews investigated and found a well-advanced fire in the basement. Aworking fire was requested as crews started an interiorattack. As the fire continued to burn it advanced its way to the upperfloors and through the roof. Lincoln was assisted by Central Falls, Cumberland, Woonsocket, North Providence, Pawtucket, Smithfield- all RI and North Attleboro (MA).

- Fire News photos by Bob Myers and Ken LaBelle