ACTON — The Acton fire chief suffered smoke inhalation while fighting a fire that destroyed an unoccupied house at 1077 Hopper Road early Friday morning.
Acton Fire Chief Peter Smith, 46, of Acton, suffered smoke inhalation and was transported to the Sanford Campus of Southern Maine Medical Center, according to a statement from Chief Deputy Bill King of the sheriff’s office. He was treated and released.
The two-alarm fire was reported at about 6:45 a.m. and fire units from Acton, Shapleigh, Newfield, Alfred, Lebanon, Sanford and Milton, N.H. responded as well as deputies from the York County Sheriff’s Office.
The unoccupied house had smoke pouring from it and the intensity of the blaze prompted firefighters to evacuate a nearby residence, according to King. Hopper Road was blocked until about noon.
Owner information of the residence was not available by deadline. The state fire marshals office is investigating the cause of the blaze, said King.
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