One person was hospitalized after being pulled from a burning house in Penacook on Thursday afternoon.
Concord Fire crews responded to a two-story house at 20 Penacook Street, a little after 1 p.m. on Thursday.
John Chisholm, the fire chief, said the call came from the person trapped inside the house. When firefighters arrived, there was smoke pouring from the building.
“Our crews went inside the building, found near-zero visibility due to the smoke and fire up on the second floor,” he said. “We wanted to rescue them because we had very good information.”
Firefighters located the person and brought them out of the house, and they were transported to Concord Hospital with life-threatening injuries.
The fire was brought under control by 2 p.m. But the exterior of the home shows signs of fire damage, with soot visible on the window glass where smoke had escaped.
There were also two dogs in a separate part of the building. The animals were not harmed by the blaze. Chisholm said they appeared to be doing well.
According to property records, the two-bed, two-bath home belongs to Raymond Demers and Michelle Balcon. The structure sits in a historic neighborhood that includes the Penacook Historical Society and the nearby Rolfe Barn.
The cause of the fire and where the fire started have not been determined.
Chisholm said investigators plan to re-enter the home once conditions are safer to try to piece together what happened and assess the damage.
Fire crews from Hopkinton were also present at the scene.
