Authorities say a woman set a fire that injured herself and two children earlier this year in Webster. According to the New Hampshire State Fire Marshal's office, Mary Corliss said the fire was started by a dog who knocked over a candle, but they said the evidence doesn't support that. Sign up for our Newsletters Investigators said the fire on Deer Meadow Road in February started in a second-floor bedroom. According to the affidavit, one of.
Authorities say a woman set a fire that injured herself and two children earlier this year in Webster.According to the New Hampshire State Fire Marshal s office, Mary Corliss said the fire was started by a dog who knocked over a candle, but they said the evidence doesn t support that.Investigators said the fire on Deer Meadow Road in February started in a second-floor bedroom.According to the affidavit, one of Corliss s children told an EMT, When the bad guys broke in, my mom set the fire to protect us. As for the claim by Corliss that the fire started when a dog knocked over a candle, investigators said the dogs were downstairs and blocked from getting to the second floor.They also believe that Corliss tried to blockade herself and the children in, noting a headboard leaning across the top of the stairs.After everyone was rescued, when Corliss was being taken to an ambulance, she allegedly struck the officer carrying her, saying, I ve taken Wormwood, My body is poisoned an
Firefighters save woman, two children from burning Webster home
A Concord firefighter works to rescue one of the three people trapped inside a house fire in Webster Wednesday. A woman and two children were saved and taken to Concord Hospital for treatment. Jay Heath Courtesy
By Monitor staff
Published: 2/25/2021 8:14:32 AM
Firefighters from around the area rescued a woman and two children from a burning house on Deer Meadow Road in Webster Wednesday.
A report of house fire with people trapped was calling in to the Webster Fire Department around 3:21 p.m.
Webster Fire Chief Webster Fire Chief Emmett Bean, Sr. was one of the first people to arrive on scene and reported a heavy smoke condition in the building with a woman needing rescue from a window on the second floor, authorities said.