Overview
- The fire began just before 7 p.m. Friday at a house on Atlantic Avenue and spread through four homes, producing heavy flames and dense black smoke.
- Salisbury Fire called for a large mutual-aid response, with about 15 companies from surrounding Massachusetts towns and southern New Hampshire helping to fight the blaze.
- Crews largely brought the heavy fire under control after roughly two hours and no firefighters were reported injured during the operation.
- Two residents were taken to Portsmouth Regional Hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries, and several families were displaced while crews rescued at least a dog and a cat.
- Local fire and police investigators have opened a probe into the fire’s cause and origin as officials continue damage assessments and housing support for affected families.