Union Leader
FRANKLIN, N.H. — A two-alarm fire spread quickly through an apartment building Tuesday night, leaving nine people homeless and the building condemned, according to the fire chief.
No one was hurt, but at one point, three firefighters were surrounded by flames on the second floor of the home, prompting one of them to declare a “Mayday,” a call for help that firefighters make only when they feel their lives are in imminent danger.
“An experienced, seasoned Franklin Fire Department officer found the firefighters a way out of where they were, getting them out of the Mayday situation,” said Fire Chief Kevin LaChapelle, declining to name the officer Tuesday night.
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