LACONIA — The quick response of nearby firefighters saved several apartment buildings from fire after a blaze in a garage erupted at a Gilford Avenue property Thursday night.

Firefighters were dispatched to a reported building fire at 41 Gilford Ave. at 6:10 p.m. on Dec. 4, and, because many of them were at the Laconia Community Center participating in the Christmas Village event, arrived at the scene just two minutes later.

The garage was a total loss — it burned to ashes — and three motorcycles and one passenger car burned, too. The neighboring apartment buildings, while damaged on their exteriors and windows, did not displace residents. No civilians or firefighters were injured on Thursday night.

“I can’t stress enough how awesome those first arriving crews did,” Fire Chief Tim Joube

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