2 Alarm Fire Damages Residential Apartment Building in Manchester

Manchester, N.H;

A 2 Alarm Fire in Manchester Damaged a residential apartment building according to Manchester Fire. The Manchester Fire Department said a 911 call was received reporting a deck fire on the top floor. Upon arrival smoke was showing from the top floor/roof area adjacent to apartment 901. Firefightersascended the stairs to access this area and discovered that a section of a sun deck adjacent to 901 was on fire. Alarms were not yet sounding and a maintenance person was attempting toextinguish to blaze to no avail. A second alarm was sounded and firefighters began to extinguishthe fire while simultaneously evacuating the 204 unit fully occupied building via the stairwells.Firefighters had to cut away an approximate 15 x 15 section of decking along with roofingmaterial underneath to access the fire that was permeating these areas. In addition, a section ofparapet wall had to be opened up to extinguish the hidden fire.

The Following below is the full Press release regarding the Incident from City of Manchester Fire Department:

City of Manchester

Fire Department

Press Release

Type of Incident:Building fire Date: 9/13/16

Address: 1200 Elm St. The Residences at Manchester Place

Time:2112 Under Control:2151 All Out: 2346

Number/Type Apparatus: 7 engines, 3 ladders, 1 rescue. Empty fire stations were covered by

mutual aid from surrounding towns

Number of Alarms: 2

Incident Summary:A 911 call was received reporting a deck fire on the top floor. Upon arrival

smoke was showing from the top floor/roof area adjacent to apartment 901. Firefighters

ascended the stairs to access this area and discovered that a section of a sun deck adjacent to

901 was on fire. Alarms were not yet sounding and a maintenance person was attempting to

extinguish to blaze to no avail. A second alarm was sounded and firefighters began to extinguish

the fire while simultaneously evacuating the 204 unit fully occupied building via the stairwells.

Firefighters had to cut away an approximate 15 x 15 section of decking along with roofing

material underneath to access the fire that was permeating these areas. In addition, a section of

parapet wall had to be opened up to extinguish the hidden fire. The ceiling of the apartment

directly below was opened up to check for and extinguish extending fire. This apartment below

sustained some water and smoke damage but is habitable.

Any Special Features:204 apartment and approx. 500 residents had to be evacuated via the

stairwells. The automatic alarms did not initially alert the residents as the fire was on an outside

patio area. Upon discovery of a fire the on scene firefighters pulled the fire alarm to notify the

residents.The cause of the fire is currently under investigation by the MFD Fire Marshall's office.

At this time is classified as undetermined. We will send out the cause once it has been

determined. The occupant(s) of apartment 901 were not home at the time of the fire.

Extent of Damages: approx. $10,000.00

Civilians Injured: none

Firefighters Injured: 0

Building Owner:     

100 Merrimack Street  Manchester, NH 03101  Telephone (603) 669-2256  Fax: (603) 665-6802

www.ManchesterNH.gov