Officials reported a fire early Sunday morning, which destroyed an unoccupied home on Pine Street and injured a firefighter.
The Wolfeboro firefighter was transported to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center by DHART helicopter.
Sunday
morning, at approximately 2:07 a.m., officials including Wolfeboro
Fire-Rescue and the police department responded to a single-alarm fire
at 46 Pine Street. The building was reportedly fully involved in fire
when officials arrived, and unoccupied by a Brooklyn, N.Y., resident who
owns the property.
The fire was reportedly under control by 3:32 a.m.
Wolfeboro
Firefighter Thomas A. Trask, 23, was injured as officials battled the
blaze, and transported to Huggins Hospital before he was flown to
Dartmouth-Hitchcock.
Fire-Rescue declined to comment on the
status of Trask and officials at the Wolfeboro Police Department could
not be reached for comment on Sunday.
According to a press
release, the fire is under investigation by Wolfeboro as well as the
state Fire Marshal’s Office. Authorities would not comment as to whether
the fire is considered suspicious at this time.
Wolfeboro
Fire-Rescue was assisted at the scene by Tuftonboro Fire-Rescue, Ossipee
Corner Fire-Rescue, Stewarts Ambulance, the Wolfeboro Police
Department, Wolfeboro Municipal Electric Department, and the N.H. Fire
Marshal’s Office. Alton Fire-Rescue covered Wolfeboro Central Station.
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