Hampton firefighters knock down Hampton Beach house fire
HAMPTON — Firefighters knocked down a small blaze within a Perkins Avenue house Monday.
No a person was hurt in the fire, in accordance to Fireplace Chief Michael McMahon, but renovations underway on the residence will be set back for months.
The fire took area soon after midday on the to start with flooring of the two-story property at 19 Perkins Ave. off of Ashworth Avenue at Hampton Seashore, in accordance to McMahon. He claimed firefighters received a contact from the resident’s cellphone at 12:11 p.m. reporting the fire. The department arrived on the scene at 12:15 p.m.
McMahon stated the fireplace was knocked down inside 10 minutes.
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The fire’s trigger is still beneath investigation, he stated, but renovations were currently being done by a get the job done crew at the time the fire struck. The resident was earning lunch when McMahon reported she discovered the fire, at which place she identified as the office.
Firefighters arrived to report mild smoke coming from inside of the property, and then claimed the hearth on the proper facet of the 1st floor. The department’s Motor 1, Ladder 1, hearth main, EMS officer, fireplace prevention officer and North Hampton’s ambulance also arrived at the scene according to McMahon, as well as Hampton law enforcement.
McMahon described the fire as “relatively small” that never ever attained the amount of a to start with alarm, but said there was still “a large amount of smoke harm throughout” the dwelling.
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He mentioned the renovations were being set again noticeably from near completion to now becoming “months” away from staying completed.
McMahon credited firefighters with their speedy reaction in preventing the fire from creating further injury.
“Their well timed reaction absolutely mattered,” McMahon explained. “All of our folks did a pleasant position these days, as perfectly as the Hampton law enforcement who ended up there to guide.”
This report originally appeared on Portsmouth Herald: Firefighters knock down Hampton NH Beach property hearth