Barre farmhouse badly damaged by fire on Culver Road
Photos by Tom Rivers
BARRE – A farmhouse at 5054 Culver Rd. was badly damaged by a fire that broke out around 3 a.m. today.
Doug Stephens has owned the house for 21 years. He had an electric heater on last night to help take the chill off. Fire investigators told him that the fire appears to have been caused by an electric heater plugged into an outlet.
Stephens lives at the home with two other people. They weren’t injured from the fire.
The main part of the house has been destroyed, but Stephens said firefighters were able to save about half of the structure. He appreciated the big response from firefighters during the middle of the night.
“They did a great job with what they had to deal with,” Stephens said. “They did a hell of a job. I want to thank them all.”
