VIDEO: A four-alarm fire at a Cape Cod restaurant was finally extinguished Sunday morning after burning for seven hours, Sandwich Fire Chief John Burke said. Firefighters responded to Captain Scott’s Seafood Bar and Grill at 71 Tupper Road just before 5:30 a.m. Sunday. Video from the scene shows firefighters spraying water from ladder trucks to try to contain the flames. Fire crews saw the fire moving from the basement of the building to the first floor, causing firefighters to back out of the structure.
“Sandwich firefighters, while extinguishing from the exterior, noticed the natural gas regulator for the building burn off, causing a subsequent gas leak in the building,” Burke said in a statement. “A third alarm was requested at that time, bringing in units from COMM Fire and Onset Fire District. Firefighters continued to chase pockets of fire, and at 1130 hours, a fourth alarm was requested, bringing resources from COMM Fire again and Hyannis Fire Department.” The fire, which took manpower from over 40 firefighters, was put out at 12:30 p.m. Sunday afternoon, with help from an excavator that peeled the building apart. A firefighter was checked at the fire scene for exhaustion but was not hospitalized.
