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WESTPORT, Mass. — Fire Chief Brian Legendre was injured and two firefighters were felled by exhaustion Sunday while fighting a house fire at 149 Beeden Road, said department spokesman Lt. Michael P. Silvia.

Chief Legendre fell from a ladder and suffered a head laceration. He and the two firefighters were treated at the scene, Lt. Silvia said.

The two-story, wood-frame house caught fire from a fully engulfed truck, the first responding firefighters reported. The dwelling is owned by Arthur N. Berard, according to records in the Tax Assessors Office.

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