UPDATE: Fire on Lisa Road in Windham

UPDATE: 9:20 p.m.: Windham Fire Chief Tom McPherson has issued a press release with further information about tonight's fire on Lisa Road.

McPherson confirmed that the resident, Steven Bolio Jr. was able to evacuate the residence with his family. Two cats in the home were also safe.

The fire and police departments responded to the blaze at 5:27 p.m. According to McPherson, the first arriving firefighters encountered a "full involved detached two bay garage fire." While the fire did cause minor damage to the home's exterior, the garage and all of its contents were completely lost.

The release went on to say that three vehicles outside the garage were also damaged. It also added that mutual aid from Londonderry, Hampstead and Salem assisted on the scene. Hudson provided station coverage. That brings the total of assisting departments to six.

Estimated fire damage is about $150,000, but the house is still livable.

The fire is still under investigation by Deputy Chief William Martineau and it is unclear how it began. It did not appear to be suspicious.

UPDATE, 8:40 p.m.: Almost 30 firefighters were at the scene of a fully-involved garage fire late this afternoon on Lisa Road.

According to Deputy Fire Chief William Martineau, the owner was in the house at the time of the blaze, but was able to evacuate and immediately call 911. The owner also made sure his kids were out of the house.

Mutual aid came to fight the blaze from Pelham, Derry and Hudson. "We had quite a contingent there (including) tanker trucks," said Martineau.

The fire was contained to the garage and two vehicles parked outside the garage.

"The guys did an aggressive attack and prevented the garage fire from burning the house down," said Martineau. "There was some moderate outside damage to the house from the flame impingement but other than that it was pretty well knocked down and taken care of."

According to Martineau, the fire took just over an hour to extinguish.

EARLIER STORY: Firefighters are at the scene of a fire in a multi-family dwelling at 1 Lisa Road in Windham.

The fire was first reported around 5:30 p.m. as a car fire that extended to the garage and then the attached building. The house is now fully involved, according to reports, and additional tanker trucks have been requested to respond to the scene.

At about 6 p.m., the bulk of the fire was reportedly knocked down, and fire companies were beginning the overhaul of the building.

Windham Patch will have more on this story as it develops.