Basement fire reported at building near Wamesit St, Lowell MA

Fire & Arson

Reported: 10/11/2025 05:46 AM

Near Wamesit St, Lowell, MA 01852

A fire was reported at a structure near Wamesit Street. Smoke was seen at the rear of the building and the fire was reported to be in the basement. Multiple fire units responded to the scene.

Audio|Source: Lowell Police Department

02:49

Transcript:

00:00

K&V 8 to 6 volt fire, telephone alarm of a structure fire near Wamesit Street.

00:05

Engine 11, engine 1, engine 2, ladder 1, Caw 3.

00:10

Telephone alarm[1] of a structure fire near Wamesit Street.

00:14

Engine 11, engine 1, engine 2, Latta 1, Cot 3.

00:18

Striking marks 225.

00:20

Cushing the Central Street at Lawrence Street.

00:23

6 on Team Wellard, nothing shown, alarm sounding.

00:27

Willard Street, Channel 2, Willis Street, Channel 2. Willis Street, Channel 2.

00:34

Wompson, that's a fire, or Willett?

00:38

Yeah, if there's nothing showing, he said, yeah, it's not heading for Womithet, Lute.

00:43

Rescue, how's that? We responded to Womisett.

00:46

Rescue, responding to Womisett.

00:53

Shew's got it.

01:00

I don't want to.

01:08

That's where it's Watson Street.

01:11

Gottsry you have a mail call saying there's a fire in the basement.

01:17

Copy.

01:19

Correct.

01:22

Near Wamasit.

01:24

Womisit or Watson?

01:27

Womisit, WAME SIT. WAM-E-S-I-T.

01:31

All right, I have it.

01:37

Anyone has it?

01:42

The hydrant.

01:50

I don't want some scene two and a half story.

01:53

Nothing at the moment.

01:56

Well, I don't want on scene two and a half story word frame, nothing in the moment.

02:10

Cod three is unseen, Cod three is command.

02:13

Cot three on scene, Cot three is command.

02:21

The latter one from here.

02:26

All right, the latter one.

02:30

We got smoke shown in the back rear.

02:34

All right, have it.

02:35

Water alarm, I need PD for traffic.

02:39

All right, Massachusetts, telling PD for traffic.

02:48

Thank you.

Police codes explained

The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:

[1]

Telephone alarm: Incident reported by telephone (not via an alarm box)

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