NASHUA, N.H (WHDH) - Several businesses were destroyed by a fire on Amherst Street in Nashua.
Intense flames shot from the roof of the building around 7:30 p.m. Friday before firefighters were able to knock them down.
“By the time the first company arrived there was about a 20-foot by 20-foot hole in the roof,” Nashua Fire Chief Steve Buxton said. “[It was] a very heavy volume of fire on arrival.”
A food market, convenience store and pizzeria are located inside the building.
Fire officials say no one was injured.
A power line connected to the building caught fire and fell onto a fire truck, causing minor damage.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
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