Feb. 19--STRAFFORD -- Dozens of firefighters were on scene early Monday morning responding to a five-alarm blaze that destroyed a three-story residence on First Crown Point Road.
Strafford Fire Chief Paul Stover said two homeowners and their four children, including a baby, according to the Union Leader, made it out of the 242-year-old farmhouse home at 483 First Crown Point Road without injury.
He described the home as "a total loss" and said the homeowners threw their cat out of a window before they left. He said the feline had most likely fled the area as several truck engines pulled up the snow-covered road.
WMUR-TV identified the homeowners as Scott and Elaine Boyce. Scott Boyce said he woke up to the fire when as he slept, he felt heat on his back.
"That's where the flames were coming from was the bed," Scott Boyce told WMUR.
Stover was one of the first on scene at about 4:30 a.m. on Presidents Day. He said the house is only five minutes away from his home and directly next door to the fire department's satellite station on that street.
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