The New Hampshire State Fire Marshal says six people were hospitalized after the floor collapsed at a wedding venue in Tamworth on Saturday evening. Fire Marshal Sean Toomey told Hearst sister station WMUR that a wedding ceremony had just begun when the floor collapsed, sending people falling into the basement. Toomey estimated the fall to be about eight feet. It is estimated that 150 people were in the building at the time. Toomey said about 70 people ended up falling or sliding into the basement when the floor gave way.This happened at the Preserve at Chocorua on Philbrick Neighborhood Road. The road remains closed. Tamworth is a small town in eastern New Hampshire, in the Lakes Region near the White Mountains. Six people were hurt. Toomey says one was flown to Maine Medical Center by helicopter with lower-body injuries. The rest appear to have non-life-threatening injuries. A spokesperson for Maine Health said they have received three patients by ambulance. Others were taken to other facilities, according to the spokesperson. As of 10 p.m. Saturday, Toomey said only two people remained hospitalized. Crews on scene saw multiple ambulances as well as a school bus. It is unclear what the school bus is being used for. The cause of the collapse is being investigated, but Toomey said there were probably more people in the structure than there should have been.”We’ll look at fire code and building code and evaluate that as part of our investigation,” the fire marshal said.In 2017, WMUR covered a fire at this same venue that destroyed a historic barn.
The New Hampshire State Fire Marshal says six people were hospitalized after the floor collapsed at a wedding venue in Tamworth on Saturday evening.
Fire Marshal Sean Toomey told Hearst sister station WMUR that a wedding ceremony had just begun when the floor collapsed, sending people falling into the basement. Toomey estimated the fall to be about eight feet.
It is estimated that 150 people were in the building at the time.
Toomey said about 70 people ended up falling or sliding into the basement when the floor gave way.
This happened at the Preserve at Chocorua on Philbrick Neighborhood Road. The road remains closed.
Tamworth is a small town in eastern New Hampshire, in the Lakes Region near the White Mountains.
Six people were hurt. Toomey says one was flown to Maine Medical Center by helicopter with lower-body injuries. The rest appear to have non-life-threatening injuries.
A spokesperson for Maine Health said they have received three patients by ambulance. Others were taken to other facilities, according to the spokesperson.
As of 10 p.m. Saturday, Toomey said only two people remained hospitalized.
Crews on scene saw multiple ambulances as well as a school bus. It is unclear what the school bus is being used for.
The cause of the collapse is being investigated, but Toomey said there were probably more people in the structure than there should have been.
“We’ll look at fire code and building code and evaluate that as part of our investigation,” the fire marshal said.
In 2017, WMUR covered a fire at this same venue that destroyed a historic barn.
