Blaze destroys mobile home in Royalston

ROYALSTON — A mobile home was destroyed by fire early Sunday morning on Athol Road, drawing more than a half dozen fire departments to the scene.

The fire was determined to be accidental, though the exact cause is not known, according to state fire officials.

“They (investigators) identified multiple potential factors, but they were all accidental,” Jake Wark, a spokesman for the state Fire Marshal’s Office, wrote in an e-mail.

According to Royalston Fire Chief Captain Eric Jack, the fire was reported shortly before 1 a.m. at 79 Athol Road. The owner was not home at the time and no one was injured. Fire crews responded to find a fully involved structure fire at a mobile home, which was completely destroyed.

A first alarm was struck, bringing in two tankers from Orange and Phillipston.

Jack said finding sufficient water was a challenge, and crews had to draw from Tully Lake Campground across the street. Templeton, Winchendon, Phillipston and Richmond and Fitzwilliam, New Hamsphire all provided engines. Crews remained on the scene for several hours.

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