Police were in a standoff with a barricaded person near downtown Plymouth, New Hampshire, Tuesday evening and night.

People were urged to avoid the area of the Plymouth traffic circle because of the standoff on Route 25, New Hampshire Police said.

It wasn’t immediately clear if anyone was hurt, but police said the incident, while active, was contained.

#UPDATE: This situation remains active and ongoing, as Troopers work to bring it to a safe conclusion. Please continue to avoid the area. We appreciate the patience and cooperation of all area residents and visitors. https://t.co/qBIP7yUiQ2

— New Hampshire State Police (@NH_StatePolice) November 7, 2024

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Plymouth State University is near the town’s traffic circle, but there was no immediate indication the incident involved the school, which didn’t post any security alerts as of Wednesday night.

Three people had to be rescued when a fire burned through an unoccupied building under construction and spread to a neighboring home in Rye, New Hampshire, early Tuesday morning.

The Rye Fire Department said they responded to the area of 1595 Ocean Boulevard (Route 1) around 1:20 a.m. Tuesday for reports of a building fire. Firefighters arrived at the scene and saw a home that was under construction and unoccupied fully engulfed in flames.

The fire had spread to a neighboring home that was occupied due to strong winds in the area. Firefighters immediately entered the home and were able to safely rescue three residents who were inside. They then began attacking the fire and were able to stop it from spreading to any other properties.

Photos from the scene showed a wall of flame erupting from the buildings at the height of the fire.

All three residents were taken to Portsmouth Regional Hospital, and have since been released. No firefighters were injured battling the blaze.

Crews remained on scene throughout the day Tuesday monitoring hot spots. The area remained closed to traffic on Wednesday morning.

The occupied home has been declared uninhabitable, and the fire department said the three residents who were displaced are being assisted by the American Red Cross.

An underground propane tank was also affected by the fire. The fire department said the tank is in stable condition but they would continue to monitor it until it has been emptied of its contents. They said there are no immediate concerns to the community.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

Mutual aid was provided by 10 area fire departments, including Portsmouth, Seabrook, Hampton, North Hampton, Greenland, New Castle, Kittery, Newington, Newmarket and Stratham.

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Republican former Sen. Kelly Ayotte will win the New Hampshire governor’s race, CNN projects, completing a political comeback eight years after she lost her Senate seat.

Ayotte defeated Democratic former Manchester Mayor Joyce Craig in the race to replace outgoing GOP Gov. Chris Sununu.

The race was a test of whether local interests or the national political atmosphere would play the most important role in influencing Granite State voters. Republicans sought to localize the race, hammering Craig on Manchester’s drug and homelessness problems during her time as mayor. Democrats attempted to nationalize it, tying Ayotte to former President Donald Trump and attacking her on abortion rights.

The tactics made sense: New Hampshire has a long history of ticket-splitting but has trended increasingly more Democratic in national contests. Hillary Clinton won there by just half a point in 2016, but President Joe Biden won by 7 points in 2020.

It’s the second time Ayotte shared the GOP ticket with Trump. She was ousted from her Senate seat in 2016 by Maggie Hassan after a single term.

Ayotte withdrew her endorsement of the former president in 2016 in the wake of the “Access Hollywood” tape’s release but supported Trump this year.

After that 2016 loss, she helped shepherd Trump Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch through the confirmation process in 2017. She also served on a number of corporations’ boards of directors after her Senate term ended.

Craig was mayor of Manchester from 2018 through the beginning of this year, when she opted not to seek reelection after three two-year terms.