Overview
- Flames ignited just after midnight at Lowell and Union streets, spreading from the third floor to upper levels before crews brought the fire under control around 1:50 a.m.
- Officials report multiple hospitalizations, including at least one person in critical condition, after the fast-moving blaze.
- Residents were forced to jump from balconies as firefighters used ground ladders and aerial buckets to rescue others, including a child from a fourth-floor bedroom.
- At least 10 to 13 families, roughly 40 residents in total, were displaced and are receiving assistance from the American Red Cross at a nearby church.
- The building has been declared uninhabitable as the New Hampshire State Fire Marshal’s office continues its investigation.