Fire on Long Island!!

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Originally Posted by Winnisquamer

Free? Even better, the town would be stupid not to take it for free. Sucks it didn't work out.

Portsmouth decided that it was required to give the boat to New Castle based on the requirements of the federal funding that paid for the origianal purchase. It was also a political decision that overrode the Portsmouth Fire Departments recomendation to give it to Gilford. I have been told by a very reliable source that the Fire Boat was a jet drive which is a poor choice for use on the ocean due to the hull design. It would have been perfect for the lake though.

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From our vantage point on Bear Island we figured it was on 6 mile Island then as we headed out in the boat to take a closer look it was clear where it was which is even more scary considering how large it was. It's sad to see a beautiful home such as this one was get destroyed by fire, but as already pointed out, it can be replaced, lives cannot. Thank GOD nobody was injured or killed.

It was pretty amazing to watch the fire boats doing their thing, the fire departments should be commended for doing a bang up job at keeping this contained and successfully getting this fire out without any further damange to adjacent properites. These guys train and prepare for just this sort of thing and deserve our thanks for doing what they do. This could have been a lot worse! Pictures do not to justice to just how large a fire this was, pretty damn scary.