FITZWILLIAM, N.H. (AP) - Firefighters said Monday a 68-year-old man died in a house fire in Fitzwilliam.
Firefighters said they arrived at the home at about 9:30 a.m. Sunday to find heavy smoke and fire at single-family residence. The fire started in the basement.
They said Glenn Sillanpaa died of thermal inhalation and the cause of death was accidental. A woman at the home was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. One dog was rescued, but another dog and four cats died.
Fire departments from Troy, Richmond, Winchester, Swanzey, Rindge, Jaffrey and Keene assisted, as well as firefighters from Royalston and Winchendon in Massachusetts.
The state fire marshal’s office is investigating the cause.
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