NORTH HAMPTON — Firefighters were able to save one family pet from a structure fire Sunday afternoon, but tragically, two others didn’t make it.
North Hampton interim Fire Chief Jacob MacGlashing said the department was contacted by Rockingham County Dispatch on Sunday, March 2, at 2:49 p.m., with two reports of heavy smoke at the home at 10 Elm Road in North Hampton. According to MacGlashing, the fire was reported by both the home’s occupants and a passerby.
MacGlashing said North Hampton firefighters, under the command of Lt. Will Taber, were first on the scene, and a first alarm was quickly requested, pulling in assistance from fire companies in surrounding communities.
MacGlashing said firefighters found both occupants of the home safely evacuated, but the family’s three dogs were still inside the two-story house. Firefighters immediately laid a line into the home and knocked down the flames on the first floor, then searched for the dogs.
“The house was just completely filled with smoke,” MacGlashing said. “But they found the dogs and handed all three of them out of the house to mutual aid firefighters, who began resuscitation.”
According to MacGlashing, the process of resuscitating dogs is done by providing a source of oxygen for the animals, and firefighters carry special masks of various sizes designed just for animals.
MacGlashing said the fire was extinguished and the scene under control by 3:45 p.m. He said the home sustained some fire damage, primarily on the first floor, and although fire crews were careful to keep water damage to a minimum, smoke damage is present throughout the home.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation by North Hampton Fire with the assistance of the Hampton Fire Department, according to MacGlashing.
According to Vision Government Solutions, the home at 10 Elm Road is owned by the revocable trust of Alison Cleveland. It’s about a 1,300-square-foot, two-bedroom Cape with a garage.
MacGlashing thanked the mutual aid fire companies who responded to the scene, which included those from the communities of Hampton, the city of Portsmouth, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Exeter, Greenland, Rye, Newington, Dover and East Kingston. Responding for station coverage were the fire departments from the towns of Seabrook, Epping and Hampton Falls.
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