Concord Firefighters Extinguish Another Homeless Campsite Fire Off Storrs Street: Watch

CONCORD, NH — Concord fire and rescue teams and police were sent to the area of Storrs Street for another homeless campsite fire.

Capital region fire dispatch began receiving calls about a fire behind the Granite Group, a plumbing supply business not far from South Main Street, around 1:45 p.m. A dispatcher said they were getting “multiple calls,” and the smoke was seen from a remote camera. One police officer in the field also reported seeing “a whole lot of smoke” in the area, according to scanner chatter.

The first arriving firefighters said the fire was at a campsite between the railroad tracks and a small abandoned old railroad building, which was also on fire. A tent was also burned.

The firefighter said the site was “heavily involved.” Command requested more firefighters, and they were sent. The fire was knocked down around 2:05 p.m. Firefighters stayed at the scene longer to overhaul the area.

Police also arrived and began speaking with witnesses who offered the name of a man they accused of setting the area on fire. Officers began searching the city for the suspect.

At post time, no arrests had been made.

NEWS 603 posted a video of the fire on Facebook.

Editor's note: A previous version of this post said the B&M freight building was on fire. The first was behind the freight building. Another building was on fire.

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

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