City firefighters extinguished a blaze reported at 1:06 a.m. Saturday at 110 Lorimer St., Indian Orchard. Three people were treated for smoke inhalation at Baystate Medical Center.
Springfield firefighters extinguished a basement fire at 110 Lorimer St. in Indian Orchard early Saturday morning. Three people were injured, one seriously.
SPRINGFIELD -- Firefighters extinguished a blaze reported at 1:06 a.m. Saturday at 110 Lorimer St., Indian Orchard, that sent three people to the hospital with smoke-related injuries, including a man who suffered cardiac arrest, Springfield Fire Department spokesman Dennis G. Leger said.
Five of the six people who were inside the 1-story, ranch-style home at the time of the incident managed to escape, but firefighters found a 43-year-old man lying on the living room floor.
Leger identified the victim as Matthew Babin, who went into cardiac arrest after suffering smoke inhalation. Babin was rushed to Baystate Medical Center with potentially life-threatening injuries, Leger said. His condition was not immediately known.
Two teenage girls, believed to be around 14 and 15, also were taken to the hospital for smoke-related injuries, Leger said. Their conditions also were not immediately known.
Leger said the home, located just a few houses west of Lake Lorraine, sustained about $50,000 worth of damage. Most of the damage was caused by heavy smoke and confined to the basement, where the fire is believed to have started, according to Leger.
The official cause remains under investigation.
Authorities identified the owner of the house as Jimmy Mika of Wilbraham.
THE MAP BELOW shows the approximate location of a Lorimer Street house fire that hospitalized three people early Saturday morning: