Clothes dryer fire causes evacuation at Ledgewood Apartments
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All residents self-evacuated prior to fire crews arriving.
Flooding from a water main break forced closure of Hooksett Road and the Puritan Backroom restaurant.
No injuries reported in either incident.
The fire was contained to the area near the stove.
One firefighter was treated for a laceration to his hand.
The state Department of Environmental Services is on the scene.
According to Martineau a company cleaning carpets was at the building earlier in the day and were parked near the stairwell. It appears fumes and carbon monoxide from the truck exhaust traveled up the nearby elevator shaft causing the issue.
No injuries were reported.
Damage was estimated at $35,000.
One person was sent to the hospital for elevated carbon monoxide levels in his blood.