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.