The Concord Fire Department said no one was injured in a two-alarm fire on Cottage Lane. Photo: Dakota Antelman/The Concord Bridge
The Concord Fire Department said no one was injured in a two-alarm fire on Cottage Lane. Photo: Dakota Antelman/The Concord Bridge

Updated: Late-night fire damages Cottage Lane home 

By Dakota Antelman — [email protected]

A two-alarm blaze badly damaged a Cottage Lane home late Thursday night, the Concord Fire Department said. 

Firefighters responded to 36 Cottage Lane shortly before 11:30 p.m. and found heavy fire throughout the house, according to the fire department’s accounting of events. There were no reported injuries. 

Assistant fire chief Brian Whitney told The Concord Bridge that the fire displaced one person.

Pic 5: A fire badly damaged a home on Cottage Lane late Thursday night and early Friday morning. Photo: Dakota Antelman/The Concord Bridge
The fire broke out Thursday night. Photo: Dakota Antelman/The Concord Bridge

CFD said firefighters attacked the flames from multiple angles and spent close to two hours battling the flames. Frigid weather “made for a challenging situation,” according to Whitney. 

Concord police, in social media posts, urged drivers to avoid the area while crews remained on scene. Authorities closed part of nearby Main Street, reopening it around 5:30 a.m. 

Pic 6: A firefighter manages a hose Friday morning while crews remained on scene at the site of a house fire on Cottage Lane. Photo: Dakota Antelman/The Concord Bridge
A firefighter manages a hose Friday morning. Photo: Dakota Antelman/The Concord Bridge

By 8:30 a.m., the scene had quieted and Cottage Lane had also reopened to traffic. 

One Concord fire truck and a handful of firefighters still monitored the charred house. 

The scene had quieted by Friday morning. Photo: Dakota Antelman/The Concord Bridge
The scene had quieted by Friday morning. Photo: Dakota Antelman/The Concord Bridge

Firefighters from Acton, Bedford, Lexington, Lincoln, Sudbury, and Wayland supported Concord crews on Cottage Lane overnight. Hanscom Air Force Base and Boxborough personnel provided station coverage. 

The fire was under investigation by the Concord Fire Department and the State Police Fire and Explosion Investigation Unit as of Friday morning. 

The incident preceded an unrelated false alarm at Thoreau School Friday.

Pic 4: A firefighter’s glove lies on the ground next to the scene of a house fire on Cottage Lane. Photo: Dakota Antelman/The Concord Bridge
A firefighter’s protective glove lies on the ground on Cottage Lane. Photo: Dakota Antelman/The Concord Bridge

This breaking story has been updated. 

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