Charlestown, NH fire victims identified – NBC Boston

Authorities have identified the two people who died in a fire in western New Hampshire last week.

Firefighters said they received a 911 call shortly before 7 a.m. Thursday reporting smoke at a mobile home on Crown Point Drive in Charlestown. When firefighters arrived and entered the mobile home, they found a man dead inside. After the fire was put out, they also found a woman dead inside.

The victims of the fire were identified Monday as Allen Ballou, 38, of Royalton, Vt., and Hope Schraer, 36, of Enfield, New Hampshire, the State Fire Marshal's Office said. New Hampshire. Their cause of death was determined to be smoke inhalation and the manner of death was accidental.

The investigation into the origin and cause of the fire is ongoing by the State Fire Marshal's Office, Charlestown Police and Fire Department.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Fire Marshal's Office at 603-223-4289 or [email protected].