An early morning fire gutted an oceanfront home on Briarstone Road and sent two firefighters to the hospital.
"(The flames were) already going through the roof when we got to the scene," said Rockport Fire Chief Jim Doyle.
Rockport Police and Fire were notified of the four-alarm fire Thursday at 3 a.m. Fire crews from Gloucester, Essex, Beverly and Hamilton were also called to the scene. The state fire marshal was also notified.
Firefighters were still extinguishing hot spots when many were waking up to discover they had no power. The fire and outages occurred during a nor'easter that hit the area Wednesday evening before tapering off Thursday morning.
"It was a great effort by every on scene," said Doyle. "It was really hard conditions. There were 60 miles-per-hour winds."
At 11:21 a.m., firefighters cleared the Briarstone Road home site.