Crime & Safety
Witnesses Sought After 2-Alarm Fire In Epsom Determined To Be Arson: Watch
Epsom, Concord, and other capital region firefighters were sent to a fire on Dover Road on Tuesday — the same location of a fire in January.
CONCORD, NH — The New Hampshire State Fire Marshal’s Office and Epsom police and firefighters are asking for the public’s help after a building on Dover Road was set on fire on Tuesday — the exact location of a fire in late January.
Just after 3:45 p.m., capital region dispatch began receiving calls about a fire at 1459 Dover Road.
After the first firefighters arrived from Epsom, Northwood, and Pittsfield, a second alarm was quickly sounded. That sent firefighters from Allenstown Chichester, Concord, and Pembroke, firefighters to the scene.
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On Wednesday, officials requested help from the public with the case, stating that they were now criminal cases due to the fires being intentionally set.
Anyone with information about this incident should contact the NH State Fire Marshal’s Office at 603-223-4289, Option 2, or by email at fmo@dos.nh.gov.
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Anonymous tips can be made to the arson tipline at 800-400-3526.
The department is releasing no other information at post time.
NEWS 603 posted videos from the fire on Facebook. Here:
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Concord firefighters were also busy with multiple fires in Concord on Tuesday, including another homeless camp debris fire underneath I-393, another downtown dumpster fire, and to a report of two juveniles attempting to set fire to a dumpster on Loudon Road at the Lamplighter Plaza.
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