Sean right now, a man is being treated for severe burns after investigators say he caught himself on fire while trying to light a brush pile on fire. Good afternoon, everybody. I m sean mcdonald. The victim was met flooded from the scene at goffstown. Good afternoon, ray. Ray we are at the scene where the helicopter landed to take the victim to the hospital. Neighbor said they could hear a loud boom and soul smoke rising above the saw smoke rising above the tree line. Paramedics worked to stabilize a man injured in the explosion. The victim, who has not been identified, was eventually loaded onto a helicopter and medflighted to boston. Chief o brien he had injuries on his chest, arms, and hands. Ray the calls started coming into the Fire Department shortly a coworker called 911, but called 911. Investigators were able to brien apparently, the gentleman was attempting to kindle a fire to burn some wood debris with an excel rent, gasoline an accelerant, a gasolinetype material. When he a
Super tuesday. Announcer no one covers New Hampshire like we do. Now, wmur news 9 daybreak. Erin a mix falling from the skies. Sean wintry weather out there. It makes for slippery conditions. We have many closures and delays scrolling across the bottom of your screen. Almost up to 80 at this point. Kevin precipitation likely not going to be all day long. Colder version of this, a light coating to a few inches. Rain, the closer you get to the shoreline. The trend will continue as we degrees into the afternoon. All rain in most locations. 20 30 rainfall heaviest late this afternoon and tonight. A bit. Let there this morning. I look at your morning traffic. Deb 89 north and south on as you make your way from concord to the upper valley is a very slow go at this time. We are getting word that it is slow. Especially on the southbound side into concord and as you get into bow junction with 93 southbound. A very tough road. The tolls. There is a coal a car flipped over on its roof. Is slow fr
Facing 14 serious violations for last summer s tent collapse in lancaster. Two people were killed and good evening, i shelley i m shelley walcott. Federal Safety Agency osha revealed today that the circus did not build the tent correctly, and ignored seven Severe Weather alerts. Wmur s stephanie woods has our top story from lancaster. Stephanie 6 months after the circus tent collapsed here on the lancaster fair grounds the community is still reeling. Now osha has found that the tent say it s no victory. It was very scary. Stephanie on august 3, joann rushed to the scene with her fire chief. There was still a little bit of unreal. It was like a movie. T happen in places like this. Stephanie osha released a report thursday saying that the circus operator, Walker International events, failed to put up the tent properly and take it down amid warnings of 60 Miles Per Hour winds. It was not properly staked. The stakes were not of the right size or design. They did not follow the professional
February 28th, im amy coveno. We go on the air at this hour virginia. A Police Officer with ties to New Hampshire has been killed in the line of duty. Prince William County officer Ashley Guindon and two other officers were responding to a domesticrelated incident when they arrived at the address. Three officers were shot, guindon died from her injuries. News 9 confirmed Merrimack Police were called upon to notify her family in merrimack of her passing. Officer guindon was just sworn into the Police Department this friday, this was her very first solo shift. The suspect was taken into custody. Well bring you new developments as they happen. Now, lets get a check of the forecast and youre talking another warmup, josh. Josh yes, its certainly going temperatures will be. On the seacoast, a milder start than the last couple of days, were in the 30s, as high as 36 and 37 in some warmer locations. You can see some breaks in the clouds already and youll continue it see that through the day to
well with the winds. back to you the the studio. jennifer right now this new coating of snow is making the ride home difficult for some. and on the seacoast there was flooding in hampton and seabrook. for a live look at the conditions, stephanie woods is live in hampton beach. reporter right now the seacoast is just getting slammed with snow, in fact all day its been relentless. were just past low tide right now, but some water is pooling into these back yards here. the worst was just before 11 00 this morning. to the south, up to six inch eggs of snow could fall on nashua. nashua public works says it wants to keep all the major arteries open, and plow trucks are salting and plowing the roads. some plow drivers, however, were busy today doing double duty, delivering polling materials before the worst of the storm sets in. here on the seacoast before the see up to eight inch eggs of snow. tom turning our tension to commitment to 2016 coverage, the candidates have packed schedules, while