Goffstown Garage Fire Stopped from Extending

Goffstown (NH) Fire Department responded to a structure fire on Wallace Road recently. Responders arrived to heavy fire showing from a two-cargarage attached to a single-family house. The incident commanderimmediately requested a working fire status, bringing multiple area companies to the scene and to coverGoffstown stations. Firefighters worked to knock down the heavy fire in the garage while otherfirefighters searched the house foroccupants. Crews located two cats and a dog. Crews removed a garage doorfor betteraccess and held the fire primarily to the garage with some extension into the breezeway. The living space of the structure received some smoke damage, but the fire did not extend into the house.

- Fire News photo by Jeffrey Hastings

5 Alarm in Scituate Hits 5 Houses

Duxbury (MA) Fire responded mutual aid to a five-alarm fire in a neighboring town forfourfully involved houses on the night of March 24, 2023. As the Scituate Fire Department was in the process of attacking the initial fire, the blazing flames rapidly spread to nearby houses, making the task immensely more challenging and multiple alarms were struck. Hanover, Hull, Duxbury, and Rockland were sent to the scene as the fourth and fifth alarm apparatus asnd Kingston, Plymouth, Hanson and Cohasset were called forstation coverage. With the assistance and strong work of all, crews were able to extinguish the fire and contain it to five houses. With the clusterof houses being on the beach, the wind played a factorin the fire. This is a prime example of how important and effective mutual aid can be in an operation that escalates this quickly. Mutual aid was vital in this situation and contributed to a successful outcome.