Raging Fire Guts Home in Meredith

[riverat]

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[Meredith Resident]

Originally Posted by riverat

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Very sad. This was the previous owner of the Smokehouse who is presumed dead.

[mcdude]

Laconia Daily Sun

Meredith Neck home fire took life of
well known Weirs businesswoman

MEREDITH — Deborah Tumey, the former owner of the Weirs Beach Smokehouse restaurant, died when fire swept through her lakefront home at 91 Old Hubbard Road at the foot of Meredith Neck on Sunday night. Fire Chief Ken Jones said yesterday that the fire was reported at 9 p.m. by end of a long sloping driveway, by 9:08. “There was heavy fire,” Jones said. “One side of the house was gone and the rest was in flames.” He said he immediately called a first alarm, drawing units from Center Harbor, Moultonboro and Holderness. Faced with intense flame and heat, whipped by strong winds, firefighters fought the blaze from outside for nearly an hour before they were able to enter the building and finally subdue the fire around 10:20 p.m. Soon afterwards Tumey’s body was found. The fire consumed the two-story section of the house facing the water, but firefighters stopped it from spreading along a breezeway, where firewood was stacked, to the attached garage. One Meredith firefighter who fell, injuring his shoulder, was treated at Lakes Region General Hospital and released. Jones declined to speculate on the cause of the fire, which he said is being investigated by the New

Hampshire Fire Marshall.

— Michael Kitch

Photo that appeared in the Citizen

[VitaBene]

Originally Posted by mcdude

Laconia Daily Sun

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So sad, our thoughts and prayers are with her family and friends.