Byline: Manchester Fire Department

A worker at a construction site on Canal Street was rescued after he became trapped under an excavator Tuesday. 

A fire tore through a home on Biron Street on the city’s West Side Thursday afternoon. Although a cat was rescued by firefighters and revived at the scene, a second cat perished in the blaze, which left the home a total loss, according to fire officials.

Rescuers spent several hours searching the Merrimack River for a man who was seen jumping from the Granite Street Bridge Tuesday.

A total of 15 vehicles were involved in three separate accidents on I-93 Monday morning that resulted in three people being transported with injuries, one considered to be life-threatening, and including a firefighter, who suffered a hip injury when struck by a pick-up truck while assisting at the scene. 

A fire in the bar area of the Backyard Brewery was quickly extinguished, but not before doing about $5,000 in damage.

All floors of the building were quickly searched and cleared, a single occupant who was home alone at the time of the fire had self-evacuated with his pets prior to arrival of fire crews. Two adults were displaced but refused help from Red Cross.

MANCHESTER, NH – All occupants of a Laurel Street apartment were safe and one cat was reportedly reunited with its

The building sustained an estimated $15,000 worth of damage and an automobile was damaged as well.

On November 30, 2023, Chief Ryan J. Cashin swore in a new fire dog to work with arson investigators.