Two-alarm fire damages home on Stanton Street last Friday night

Second multi-alarm fire in five days in Malden during holiday week

  Malden firefighters were called to a Maplewood neighborhood on Friday night, December 30 to battle a blaze that soon grew to two alarms. The multi-alarm was the second one in five days for Malden firefighters during holiday week. The first of the week came four days early on John Street in the Edgeworth section of the city. Two firefighters were injured and nine people displaced from that John Street home.

  Friday’s fire came at 21 Stanton St., located off Salem Street and one street to the east of St. Joseph’s Church. The fire on Stanton Street broke out on Friday, December 30 at 5:00 p.m., according to the Malden Fire Department. No one was reported injured in the fire on Friday night on Stanton Street. Details on how many people lived in the dwelling and if they would be allowed to return inside the home were not available at press time. There was also no estimate of the monetary damage caused by the blaze.