Early morning fire damages Easton home

By Michaela Stanelun, Globe Correspondent

A fire damaged an unoccupied home early this morning in Easton.

The fire at 398 Turnpike St. was reported at 5:14 a.m. by a person driving down the street, said Lieutenant Evan Malone of the Easton Fire Department.

“It appears that the fire started in the basement, and there is heavy damage on the first floor and basement,” Malone said. “The home is uninhabitable now.”

It took firefighters 30 minutes to knock down the flames with help from fire departments in Sharon, Stoughton, and West Bridgewater.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation.