Photos: Two Hurt in NH Apartment Fire

Jan. 17, 2017
Manchester firefighters used a rope to bring the hoseline to the fourth floor to contain the fire.

Two people suffered minor injuries in a fire at a Manchester apartment building on Jan. 15.

Around 11:30 a.m., Manchester Engine 11, Truck 1 and Car 1 were dispatched to 480 Chestnut Street for the fire alarms sounding.

Engine 11 reported smoke showing from the fourth floor and requested the first alarm assignment to the scene.

Firefighters found multiple occupants still in the building and located a small fire in a fourth floor apartment.  

Car 1, District Chief Gamache, reported a fire on the fourth floor of a large five-story brick multiple dwelling. He requested three AMR ambulances to the scene due to the number of occupants that firefighters were helping escape the building.

Firefighters dropped a rope bag from the fire apartment and pulled one hoseline up that was used to quickly knock down the fire.

AMR EMS transported two occupants to area hospitals for minor injuries.

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