Fire crews from several communities were busy battling a house fire in Kingston Wednesday night that left one dog dead and put a firefighter in a local hospital, officials said.
Fire crews from several communities were busy battling a house fire in Kingston Wednesday night that left one dog dead and put a firefighter in a local hospital, officials said.
Fire crews from several communities were busy battling a house fire in Kingston Wednesday night that left one dog dead and put a firefighter in a local hospital, officials said.
Fire crews from several communities were busy battling a house fire in Kingston Wednesday night that left one dog dead and put a firefighter in a local hospital, officials said.
Fire crews from several communities were busy battling a house fire in Kingston Wednesday night that left one dog dead and put a firefighter in a local hospital, officials said.
Fire crews from several communities were busy battling a house fire in Kingston Wednesday night that left one dog dead and put a firefighter in a local hospital, officials said.
Around 5:14 p.m. Wednesday, Kingston fire crews were dispatched to 16 Scotland Road for a reported structure fire. Kingston police reported all occupants were safely evacuated from the building with a few family pets possibly still inside the residence.
Kingston Fire Chief Graham Pellerin said crews encountered heavy smoke conditions and a first alarm was struck to dispatch additional mutual aid towns and apparatus to the scene. Approximately 15 minutes into the incident a Kingston firefighter suffered a cardiac emergency, Pellerin said. A Newton paramedic along with Kingston EMT's initiated CPR on scene and advanced life support measures.
“For a short period of time all on scene manpower focused efforts on resuscitation of the downed firefighter,” Pellerin said in a news release. “During the medical event incoming mutual aid crews were assigned to the delayed fire attack. Due to the outstanding lifesaving efforts on scene the firefighter regained a pulse and was transported to Exeter Hospital for continued cardiac care.”
Several dogs were pulled from the building during the incident, though one “escaped the grasp of a firefighter and succumbed to the heavy smoke,” Pellerin said.
Mutual aid companies were called in to assist Kingston with the continued effort to extinguish the fire. Water supply for the fire was established at the Main Street boat launch.
All Kingston and mutual aid units cleared the scene at approximately 10 p.m. Wednesday.
Our thoughts and prayers are with the family affected by the fire,” Pellerin said in a statement. Our thoughts and prayers are also with our firefighter and his family during his recovery.”
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
Responding fire departments included East Kingston, Newton, Fremont, Danville, Exeter, Sandown, Chester, Hampstead, South Hampton, Hampton Falls, Plaistow, Lee, Epping, Kensington, and Amesbury and Merrimac fire departments out of Massachusetts.
