CAMPTON — A firefighter and a tenant of a condominium were hospitalized with injuries sustained in a large fire on Thursday. The fire heavily damaged multiple units, displacing four people.
Campton-Thornton Fire Rescue received a call at 9:11 a.m. on Sept. 4, about a fire at 27 Condo Road, and Chief Dan Defosses said the building had long been on he and his staff’s radar as problematic if a fire broke out. Between being prepared and having ample assistance from more than 40 firefighters across 21 departments, the fire was knocked down with the structure still intact. While there were two injuries, he said it certainly could have been a lot worse.
“We do spend quite a bit of time training and targeting buildings that we know might be an issue,” Defosses said. “Many times during my career,