'Heroic' Woman Rescues 79-Year-Old Man Severely Burned in Fire

Emergency radio communications and residents have reported that a man suffered "severe" burns in a two-alarm fire Monday morning at Shel-Al Campground in North Hampton.

Reports came in shortly after 9 a.m. about the fire at the campground and mobile home park, located at 115 Lafayette Road. Emergency radio communications have reported that a helicopter transported a 79-year-old man with burns on 29 percent of his body to Exeter Hospital.

The North Hampton Fire Department wasn't initially available for comment.

Chief Dennis Cote has reportedly told the Union Leader that a woman cleaning windows at Shel-Al at the time of the fire noticed the man inside the camper and rescued him.

"She heard something odd, turned around and the camper was burning and she pulled him out as soon as she noticed him standing there," Cote reportedly told the Union Leader, which also reported that the cause of the fire is still under investigation. "It was pretty heroic."

Additional information wasn't immediately available.