Around 5pm on Tuesday December 11, 2007 the Woonsocket Fire Department received multiple calls for a reported structure fire at 112 Earle St. E-3 the first arriving company reported heavy smoke showing. A code red was transmitted shortly and an aggressive interior attack began.

The building was a three story occupied multi-family wood frame. There was fire on the number two and three floors and the interior attack began on the number two floor. Companies soon reported heavy fire conditions on the second and third floor and command requested two additional engine companies to the scene.

E-3 had reported knocking down the main body of fire on the second floor but due to the heavy fire conditions on the upper floor and the fact that the fire was rapidly extending; all companies were ordered out of the building. Woonsocket units took a defensive position protecting many of the immediate exposure buildings in this congested neighborhood.

The fire was now through the roof as the companies prepared to attack utilizing ladder pipes and deck guns. The companies remained on scene for hours utilizing master streams to bring the fire under control. Mutual aid was called in from Cumberland, Blackstone, North Smithfield, and Lincoln during the blaze. The cause of the fire is under investigation.