Crime & Safety
15 Displaced After Nashua Apartment Fire
A two alarm fire caused extensive damage to a Temple Street apartment building early Thursday morning.
NASHUA, NH — A two-story apartment building on Temple Street sustained extensive damage in an early morning fire Thursday, Nashua Fire Rescue said.
The first fire crew arrived at 115 Temple Street around 5:30 a.m. to find smoke coming from the multi-unit apartment building and people peering from second floor windows. Deputy Chief Kevin Kerrigan called in a second alarm to bring more crews to the scene.
Nashua Fire Rescue helped four occupants climb to safety from the second floor. No one was injured, but the building is uninhabitable from the damage, displacing 15 residents.
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UPDATE from the 2nd Alarm fire on Temple Street this morning with pictures of @Local_789 crews assisting several occupants from the 2nd floor over grounds ladders. Nashua FMO remains on-scene investigating the cause. Photos provided by Dave Morin. #staffingmatters pic.twitter.com/j2uZlfaBam
— Nashua Fire Rescue (@nashuafire) June 16, 2022
Crews used a total of three hose lines to bring the fire under control over the course of an hour.
Officials are looking into the cause of the fire while the American Red Cross works to relocate the displaced residents.
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