Faulty outlet likely to blame for Attleboro house fire

Faulty outlet likely to blame for Attleboro house fire

ATTLEBORO, Mass. (WPRI) — An Attleboro man is picking up the pieces after his house caught fire over the weekend. Gary Doyle told 12 News he was sitting on his front steps chatting with a neighbor Sunday afternoon when she noticed smoke coming from inside his East Avenue home. Doyle hurried inside to investigate and discovered his couch was on fire. "I saw flames two-feet high off the couch," he recalled. The remains of Gary Doyle's couch, whic…

Attleboro house fire that injured two traced to electrical problem

ATTLEBORO -- The fire that injured two residents Sunday is believed to have been caused by a faulty electrical outlet.