VIDEO/PHOTOS: A Seekonk home was reduced to rubble Monday afternoon after a fast-moving fire tore through the building and left firefighters scrambling for water. Thick black smoke poured from the house on Emily Way just before 2 p.m., prompting nearly a dozen 911 calls from neighbors. โIt can happen anywhere, at any time,โ said Sam Crisafulli, who lives around the corner. โItโs really scary to know that something like this could happen.โ Fire Chief Shaun Whalen said the home was already collapsing by the time crews arrived. โThe volume of fire was significant,โ Whalen told NBC 10. โFirst arriving companies did find heavy fire here.โ Flames ripped through both floors of the home. Smoke was visible as far away as East Providence. The family who lives there was out of the country when the fire broke out. Two dogs were reportedly inside at the time and are still unaccounted for.
