Oven coil fire at Westwood Middle School, Westwood MA

Fire & Arson

Reported: 10/23/2025 12:57 PM

Near Nahatan St, Westwood, MA 02090

A fire incident occurred at Westwood Middle School due to a broken coil in an oven. Fire crews responded by ventilating the area and isolating the power to the oven to manage the situation safely.

Audio|Source: Westwood Fire

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Transcript:

00:00

A3 starting the middle floor.

00:04

What's the fire ladder one?

00:06

Ladder 1 also.

00:13

What's fire a 2, A3, ladder 1 can be the front engine at the middle school.

00:23

What's the fire car three?

00:26

What's the fire answering car three?

00:28

Check with station one for recall staffing.

00:31

My apologies, might be able to get the second bus up.

00:36

Three, two, it's west of fire two, station one.

00:40

Fire by Lopez.

00:42

I have one member here.

00:46

This is one number.

00:47

Let's fire car three, we'll go ahead with Norm.

00:51

Okay, no what it is.

00:58

That'll be the main entrance for the middle school.

01:14

Yeah,

01:22

can you do that, please. Yeah, can you do that, please?

01:26

Good the end of the phone there.

01:31

Much if I have that responding back to station one, but man the amber.

01:41

They want to have that?

01:51

Car through to West Sothia.

01:58

I'm in front of the middle school now. What is the location that medical insect?

02:03

No lobby.

02:08

Okay, you can show me on T. Okay, you can show me on T.

02:11

Okay, it's after the 50-50.

02:21

What's a fire engine two?

02:26

Let's a fire answering engine too.

02:31

It's going to be confirmed if you're with the oven, the coil, while the bottom of the oven broke, uh, causing you if you can't ventilated, the tool will be clear.

02:42

What if I has an engine two, problem with a coil in the oven.

02:48

You're clear.

02:51

1600.

02:56

The power to the silver and isolated shutoff.

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Near Nahatan St, Westwood, MA 02090

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