By Associated Press - Thursday, December 7, 2017

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) - Firefighters say several residents have been evacuated and a firefighter suffered burns to his hand and arm in a fire that destroyed an apartment building in Manchester, New Hampshire.

WMUR-TV report s firefighters say they don’t have an exact number of people who were inside, but they believe everyone out made it safely.

A neighbor says he helped a resident who uses a wheelchair get to safety and woke up another man who was sleeping.



The cause of the fire is under investigation.

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Information from: WMUR-TV, http://wmur.com

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