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SANDWICH At around 2 a.m.Saturday, Murphy the dog would not stop barking.
Owners Jean and Jim Gilrein woke up to see what all the fuss was about. After looking around to see if anyone was out front, Jean Gilrein eventually looked out her bedroom window and saw smoke and a small fire showing in her neighbor s backyard.
After calling 911, she said the fire grew “fast” and, following a few explosions they thought were propane tanks, the whole house was on fire.
“This is a sad story,” Jean Gilrein said Saturday morning.
The house, which fire officials and neighbors said contained a lot of debris and other materials, was destroyed in the fire.
March 1, 2021
A beachfront home in Sandwich collapsed on Thursday, nearly a month after a number of homes in the coastal community were torn down because of damage sustained during a winter storm that swept through the state.
Fire officials in Sandwich said nobody was injured in the collapse at 100 Salt Marsh Road, where the home split into two halves, one end falling down onto the beach. “The collapse was not a surprise as the house was undermined by the storm a few weeks ago and it was on our watchlist,” Sandwich Fire Chief John Burke said in an email.
The home’s foundation sustained heavy damage during a Feb. 1 storm that brought gusts up to 50 miles per hour and heavy rain to Cape Cod. The high tide washed away the sand protecting the foundation, leaving it exposed before it eventually collapsed.