New Hampshire
Fire Danger in NH,Maine — Lebanon Farmhouse Destroyed
Hearth destroyed a farmhouse in Maine and broken a house in Plaistow amongst a number of construction and brush fires on Saturday across the Seacoast area.
Gusty winds and lifeless and dry vegetation created ultimate circumstances for the quick unfold of fireplace on Saturday though the relative humidity was not low sufficient for the factors required for a Crimson Flag Warning to be issued by the Nationwide Climate Service.
A hearth broke out at a farmhouse on the intersection of Heath and Depot Roads in York round 4 p.m. that unfold to a barn and the encompassing woods, in response to the York, Maine Hearth Division, one in all a number of responding hearth firms from Strafford and York counties.
There are not any working hearth hydrants within the speedy space of the farmhouse. Water needed to be shuttled to the farmhouse by a number of tankers for a number of hours to place out the flames, in response to the York Hearth Division.
Hearth at a farmhouse in Lebanon, Maine 4/23/22
Gusty Winds a Concern
The hearth finally went to 4 alarms to usher in not solely extra firefighters however water to make use of to extinguish the flames and for them to drink. Smoke from the hearth could possibly be seen for miles round together with 45 miles away on the Oak Hill hearth tower in Harmony, NH, in response to NEWS 603.
Lebanon Hearth Chief Kirk Flynn advised WMTW TV two firefighters suffered minor burns within the hearth. A car was additionally destroyed by the hearth.
There was additionally concern about robust winds serving to unfold the flames to the encompassing woods. Winds out of the northwest have been round 8 MPH gusting to 12 MPH at a number of commentary factors on the time of the hearth.
The farm is owned by the Glidden household who misplaced the whole lot within the hearth, in response to a GoFundMe web page created by Amanda Farnum. Two horses and a barn away from the primary home have been saved.
“They misplaced a brand new truck, all of the farming gear, different automobiles, instruments, the entire home with all its contents, workshop, storage together with the barn. They’d no dwelling homeowners insurance coverage sadly,” Farnum wrote.
Farnum mentioned her aunt and uncle are staying with household however nonetheless have to take care of the horses. Donations of barn gear and feed can even be accepted.
The reason for the hearth stays below investigation.
Firefighters at a farmhouse hearth in Lebanon, Maine 4/23/22
Hearth in Plaistow
Firefighters from 14 firms responded to a hearth at a two story dwelling on Center Highway on Saturday night time.
Plaistow firefighters have been first on the scene inside 5 minutes of the primary name and the flames have been utterly extinguished in 18 minutes, in response to Hearth Chief Chris Knutsen.
“A quick response with educated, succesful, and geared up firefighters restricted the harm to the second flooring of 1 unit. No accidents have been reported,” Knutsen mentioned.
Hearth at a home on Center Highway in Plaistow 4/23/22
Brush Fires in Danville, Hampstead
Hampstead Hearth and Rescue, which responded to the Plaistow hearth, had a brush hearth of their very own to deal with on Saturday afternoon, in response to the division Fb web page.
A brush hearth burned roughly one acre off Woodridge Highway on Saturday afternoon which was contained with help from a tanker from Danville. Earlier they responded to an unpermitted hearth on Saturday morning off Previous Johnson Highway.
Danville Police mentioned that due to the excessive hearth hazard no open burning is allowed and permits usually are not being issued.
Images of the Lebanon hearth courtesy Robert Nettles Images.
Meteorologist Dan Zarrow contributed to this report.
Unpermitted hearth off Previous Johnson Highway in Danville 4/23/22
Contact reporter Dan Alexander at Dan.Alexander@townsquaremedia.com or through Twitter @DanAlexanderNH