Residents Displaced After NH House Fire

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NASHUA, N.H. (CBS) – Flames ripped through a New Hampshire home on Saturday morning, leaving the building uninhabitable.

Heavy fire gutted part of a home on New Searles Road in Nashua Saturday around 8 a.m.

New Searles Roads residents were displaced after a house fire. (Image Credit: Nashua Fire Department)

Initially firefighters were told of a trapped resident, but the person was found outside the home a short time later.

Firefighters were able to knock down the heavy flames within about 15 minutes.

The fire mostly consumed a three-season porch on the second floor of the house.

A fire broke out at a split level home in Nashua. (Image Credit: Nashua Fire Department)

But due to heavy heat and smoke damage, the house was deemed uninhabitable.

Three people were displaced in the fire.