The Union Leader
NASHUA, N.H. — Three people who fled a basement fire were taken to a local hospital last night for various injuries.
One was treated at Southern New Hampshire Medical Center for smoke inhalation, a second for a laceration to the hand and another for evaluation, according to Deputy Fire Chief Dan Cronin.
No one was facing life-threatening injuries, he said.
A cat and two dogs also were rescued from the fire at 3 Chautauqua Ave. and “are doing fine,” Cronin said.
The fire, reported around 7:20 p.m., might have been sparked by improper use of flammable cleaning liquids, he said.
The basement sustained fire, smoke and water damage with heavy smoke damage elsewhere in the two-unit building, he said.
“They will not be able to live there for awhile,” he said.
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