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GILFORD – A three-alarm fire tonight destroyed a newly constructed house near the Belknap Point Motel overlooking Lake Winnipesaukee, a neighbor said.
"The flames are as high as the trees and the trees are pretty high," said motel co-owner Elaine Blinn. "There's flames shooting out of every window."
The blaze was two houses away from the hotel on Belknap Point Road, she said.
The 16-room hotel was nearly booked and guests were "all standing on our porch watching" the blaze, she said.
Fire trucks were stationed between the hotel and the fire, which Blinn estimated was less than a half a football field away.
Firefighters responded and immediately called for a second alarm. A third alarm was toned out soon after. It was tough to listen to the dispatcher calling for so much apparatus and knowing this was a huge fire so close to a beloved Landmark. My thoughts are with the owners of the home. So sad.