A woman jumped into the arms of police officers to escape a fire at a home on Lake Pearl in Wrentham, Massachusetts on Monday afternoon. 

Flames tore through the home on Woolford Road near Sweatt Beach. Wrentham police officers were patrolling nearby and were the first to arrive. 

Officers said they heard a woman yelling for help from a second-floor balcony.

"So, there were flames shooting out the door, the windows," said Wrentham Police Sgt. Jon Coliflores. "I broke in the door so I was trying to run up there but the smoke and the flames were too much." 

Woman caught by police

The officers said the woman's only option was to jump. 

"We had to convince her and tell her to let her know that she has to jump, because the house is fully engulfed, so she better jump now, and she did," said Sgt. Coliflores. "So, we all caught her, and then she was good to go." 

The woman was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Police said she was the only person in the home at the time.

Firefighters from several towns responded to the lakefront home. Crews were seen fighting the fire from neighboring docks on the lake. 

"Quite a fire, that's one of the largest fires I've seen, and the lake has not had anything like that happen. I've been here 35 years. I've never seen that before," said neighbor Myles Mchugh. "She loves that house, she took very good care of it."

One firefighter who was suffering from apparent dehydration was also taken to the hospital, according to police. 

When the smoke settled, the home was a shell of what it used to be. The home is a total loss, but first responders are thankful the woman got out safe. 

"We were just glad we got here in time because we were all down the street," Sgt. Coliflores said. "We got here as fast as we could, and it was the best outcome, so we are very happy."  

The cause of the fire is under investigation.