Crime & Safety
Beach House Catches Fire At Hampton Beach
According to witnesses the smoke was visible from the beach.
HAMPTON BEACH, NH — Firefighters are working to put out a fire at a beach house near Hampton Beach State Park, according to several witnesses. Several beach-goers tweeted out pictures of dark smoke coming from what appeared to be a beach house.
Firefighters said the fire broke out at 15 Dover Avenue Saturday afternoon.
Evan West, of Nashua, told Patch he was in the water a few blocks away when it seemed like everyone saw it at the same time.
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"Everyone just spun around and gasped at flames licking into the air on a random beach Saturday," he told Patch. "I was in the water and turned around to see smoke and a very aggressive fire burning in a thickly settled area of Hampton Beach."
The fire appeared to mostly be centered around the top floor of the three floor wood building.
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Putting the wet stuff on the hot stuff pic.twitter.com/TbWeJGHM4m
— Somerville FD Hockey (@Somvilefdhcky) July 27, 2019
@WMUR9 House fire next to Hampton Beach State Park. Hope everyone is okay. pic.twitter.com/tf4SE46rJL
— Brian Dillon (@BPDillon) July 27, 2019
Enough Spahkin for me back to defending my HBNH Wave riding title pic.twitter.com/QuHYnWsxts
— Somerville FD Hockey (@Somvilefdhcky) July 27, 2019
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