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12-06-2008, 09:10 AM
Dogs Wake Up Owner As Fire Tears Through House
Hooksett Man Able To Get Out Of Home Safely
POSTED: 9:14 am EST December 5, 2008
UPDATED: 5:51 pm EST December 5, 2008
HOOKSETT, N.H. -- A Hooksett man was awakened by his dogs Friday morning to find his house in flames.
Homeowner Ed Nadeau said he was sleeping on his living room couch at his Granite Street home when he heard the dogs barking.
"The dogs woke me up," Nadeau said. "I was devastated. Disbelief. I just barely got out alive myself."
Nadeau said he saw flames and smoke when he woke up.
"It looked like a spider," he said. "The flames were on the ceilings of all the rooms."
His first thought was to make sure his niece, who stays there, was out of the building.
"I looked good and ran out of the house," he said.
Nadeau's sister, Claudette Nadeau, who also lives in the house, said she left the home at about 7:20 a.m. to bring their niece to school.
"When I left, everything was fine," she said. "After that, I don't know what happened."
Investigators said they still don't know how the fire started, but they're examining whether it began in a pile of wood next to a wood stove. Fire Marshal Bill Degnan warned homeowners about the danger of home heating systems.
Heating systems are the No. 1 cause of fire in New Hampshire, where if you look at national statistics, cooking fires are the No. 1 cause nationally," he said.
In Friday's fire, firefighters said heavy smoke and fire was visible coming from the second floor of the house when they arrived.
"The first crews made it in, made a quick primary search of the first floor, and then fire forced them out and the roof started to come down," Chief Mike Williams said.
Williams said a second alarm was sounded, and two additional engines were brought in.
"We had two water pipes in operation when the fire was knocked down," he said. "We were able to get some crews back in there."
No one was injured in the fire, and Ed Nadeau was reunited with his dogs about an hour after the fire started.
Claudette Nadeau said she has lived in the home for 57 of her 58 years. She said that while she has insurance, she doesn't know if it will be enough to cover the damage.
link (http://www.wmur.com/news/18210683/detail.html)
Hooksett Man Able To Get Out Of Home Safely
POSTED: 9:14 am EST December 5, 2008
UPDATED: 5:51 pm EST December 5, 2008
HOOKSETT, N.H. -- A Hooksett man was awakened by his dogs Friday morning to find his house in flames.
Homeowner Ed Nadeau said he was sleeping on his living room couch at his Granite Street home when he heard the dogs barking.
"The dogs woke me up," Nadeau said. "I was devastated. Disbelief. I just barely got out alive myself."
Nadeau said he saw flames and smoke when he woke up.
"It looked like a spider," he said. "The flames were on the ceilings of all the rooms."
His first thought was to make sure his niece, who stays there, was out of the building.
"I looked good and ran out of the house," he said.
Nadeau's sister, Claudette Nadeau, who also lives in the house, said she left the home at about 7:20 a.m. to bring their niece to school.
"When I left, everything was fine," she said. "After that, I don't know what happened."
Investigators said they still don't know how the fire started, but they're examining whether it began in a pile of wood next to a wood stove. Fire Marshal Bill Degnan warned homeowners about the danger of home heating systems.
Heating systems are the No. 1 cause of fire in New Hampshire, where if you look at national statistics, cooking fires are the No. 1 cause nationally," he said.
In Friday's fire, firefighters said heavy smoke and fire was visible coming from the second floor of the house when they arrived.
"The first crews made it in, made a quick primary search of the first floor, and then fire forced them out and the roof started to come down," Chief Mike Williams said.
Williams said a second alarm was sounded, and two additional engines were brought in.
"We had two water pipes in operation when the fire was knocked down," he said. "We were able to get some crews back in there."
No one was injured in the fire, and Ed Nadeau was reunited with his dogs about an hour after the fire started.
Claudette Nadeau said she has lived in the home for 57 of her 58 years. She said that while she has insurance, she doesn't know if it will be enough to cover the damage.
link (http://www.wmur.com/news/18210683/detail.html)