MANCHESTER, NH - Sunday morning at about 6 am Manchester Fire and police, and AMR responded to a report of a vehicle that struck a pole in the area of Mast Rd and Rockland. It was reported one person was injured.

When Manchester Fire arrived at the scene a driver had crawled out of the mini-van, live power lines were down, and the vehicle was engulfed in flames.

Firefighters were able to verify from the driver no one else was in the vehicle. The live power lines which became an increasing danger as more lines fell from the burning utility pole. Firefighters were unable to use water to extinguish the fire until Eversource could remove the live power lines.

Eversource arrived on the scene and after several minutes were able to mitigate the electrical hazards and Manchester Fire utilized two hose lines already in place to extinguish the fire.

AMR ambulance crews transported one person to the Catholic Medical Center with what appeared to be non-life threatening injuries.

According to the Eversource outage map there are 652 without power in the area. Several crews from Eversource were on the scene working to begin restoring power.

Mast Rd is expected to be closed for several hours while crews work in the area.

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