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Mayday Fire Guts Keene Apartment Building, Five Firefighters Hospitalized

A four-alarm, multi-agency response prompted evacuations near the scene.

Overview

  • Fire broke out around 8:15–8:30 a.m. at a multi-unit building on Elliot Street across from Keene State College.
  • A mayday was declared after crews became trapped inside, and all firefighters were rescued and accounted for.
  • Four Keene firefighters and one from another community were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries at Cheshire Medical Center.
  • Officials deemed the building a total loss, displacing nine residents as the Red Cross provides assistance.
  • Nearby homes and Wheelock Elementary School were evacuated as investigators work to determine the cause.