Concord Firefighters Battle Garage Fire In Penacook

CONCORD, NH — Concord fire and rescue teams were sent to a garage fire in Penacook early Monday morning.

Just before 2:30 a.m., Capital Region fire dispatch began sending firefighters to a garage fire on Village Street, mere feet from the Penacook Manor Substation. When they arrived, the fire commander confirmed a large fire in the garage. Minutes later, a working fire was called for Concord.

A Franklin engine and a Hopkinton ambulance were requested to be placed on standby. Engines from Allenstown, Boscawen, Bow, and Manchester and the Penacook Rescue team were asked to go to the city for mutual aid. Around 2:45 a.m., Boscawen informed dispatch they had no personnel available to cover Penacook, so a Loudon engine was requested.

Around 3 a.m., the commander said firefighters were spraying water on the outside of the garage, and they would be releasing firefighters shortly.

The Franklin engine standby was released at 3:15 a.m., and Concord’s Station 4 was released a few minutes later. According to scanner chatter, around 3:30 a.m., the fire commander asked dispatch to inform Concord General Services that a nearby fire hydrant would not be shut completely off. The Bow Engine was also released from coverage at the Broadway station.

About 15 minutes later, Unitil arrived to shut off power to the building.

Just before 4 a.m., the commander began releasing firefighters and called for the prevention officer to come to the scene.

News 603 posted a video from the fire on Facebook.

Fire Chief John Chisolm of the Concord Fire Department said the cause of the fire was unknown at the time of publication.

Concord NH Patch will update this post when more information becomes available.

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