MANCHESTER — A family is displaced after a fire caused severe damage to their home on Friday night.
The fire happened around 8:30 p.m. at a two-story home at 614 Porter Street.
According to fire officials, the homeowner heard a smoke detector sounding off in the basement. After checking out the home, the homeowner saw flames on the exterior of the east side.
The homeowners, Paul and Dawn Pelletier, and their two children escaped the home and called 9-11.
It took firefighters around 15 minutes to extinguish the flames.
After an investigation, fire officials determined that the fire started after the homeowner removed ashes from a wood stove near the home. The hot embers from those ashes ignited the side of the home.
There were no injuries as a result of this fire.
