ICYMI: Tenant Removed from Main Street Apartment Building Fire

NASHUA, NH — Nashua Fire and Rescue teams removed one apartment dweller on Main Street this morning who suffered a cardiac arrest while they were fighting a fire in the apartment building, according to Nashua’s Deputy Fire Chief, Kevin F. Kerrigan. The patient, he noted, was in critical condition before being transported to Southern New Hampshire Medical Center.

Firefighters were sent to 371 Main St. at 8:09 a.m. on March 24, 2017, and found smoke and fire coming from the third floor.

“First in crews conducted a quick search locating an unconscious victim in the third floor apartment,” he noted, “(but) the narrow stairway made removing the victim difficult. Additional crews were called and stretched hose lines to extinguish the fast moving fire. The fire was extinguished and held to the apartment of origin.”

The only person injured at the scene was the patient who was transported, according to Kerrigan.

Nashua Fire and the New Hampshire State Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating the cause of the fire.

According to Daniel Brown of the American Red Cross, four adults were displaced due to the fire.

“Red Cross Disaster Action Team volunteers have met with the residents and have ensured everyone has a safe place to sleep and has food, clothing and other essentials,” he noted. “Over the next several days, Red Cross client casework volunteers will stay in contact with the family and provide referrals, as they begin their road to recovery.”

Visit redcross.org/NHVT, call 1-800-464-6692, or text REDCROSS to 90999 to make a $10 donation.