FILE - In this Tuesday, July 12, 2016, file photo, Pinsir, a Pokemon, is found by a group of Pokemon Go players at Bayfront Park in downtown Miami as the "Pokemon Go" craze has sent legions of players hiking around cities and battling with "pocket monsters" on their smartphones. Nintendo suffered as a latecomer to smartphone games but is seeing the deep wealth of its franchise characters pay off with the success of “Pokemon Go,” even without a launch yet in Japan. The Japanese game maker was starting to look like a casualty of history until the game was launched in the U.S. earlier this month. Not anymore. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz, File)
FILE - In this Tuesday, July 12, 2016, file photo, Pinsir, a Pokemon, is found by a group of Pokemon Go players at Bayfront Park in downtown Miami as the "Pokemon Go" craze has sent legions of players hiking around cities and battling with "pocket monsters" on their smartphones. Nintendo suffered as a latecomer to smartphone games but is seeing the deep wealth of its franchise characters pay off with the success of “Pokemon Go,” even without a launch yet in Japan. The Japanese game maker was starting to look like a casualty of history until the game was launched in the U.S. earlier this month. Not anymore. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz, File) Credit: Alan Diaz—AP

SANDWICH — Authorities say a man who was outside playing “Pokemon Go” helped save a burning Massachusetts building from severe damage.

Sandwich Deputy Fire Chief John Burke says the man lived nearby and was in the parking lot playing the cellphone game when he smelled smoke, heard a popping sound and called 911.

The overnight fire on Monday at a nail salon in the building was extinguished within 20 minutes of the fire department’s arrival. Burke says the player’s quick notification helped save the rest of the building.

He says two firefighters suffered minor injuries. One was hospitalized for treatment. One person was displaced from an apartment after firefighters had to cut power.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.