Neighboring business manager helps evacuate people from Nashua building fire

AND FOUR BUSINESSES CLOSED. WMUR'S TROY LYNCH SPOKE WITH ONE OF THE PEOPLE... WHO MADE SURE NO ONE WAS HURT IN THE FLAMES. WHAT STARTED OFF AS A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT AT 495 AMHERST STREET IN NASHUA.. QUICKLY WENT UP INTO FLAMES. 00:00:40:14 <WE'RE FAIRLY CERTAIN IT STARTED IN THE ASAIN MARKET AND IT'S UNDER INVESTIGATION NOW.> 01;13;25;28 <ONE OF MY FRIENDS SAID THAT IT'S LIKE SOMETHING YOU SEE FROM A MOVIE. AND HONESTLY IT'S KIND OF TRUE.> KEITH NGYEN IS THE MANAGER OF KUNG FU TEA AND FRIED CHICKEN WHICH IS LOCATED ACROSS THE PARKING LOT, WHEN ONE OF HIS COWORKERS NOTICED THE FIRE. 01;12;04;14 <HE WAS LIKE, 'IS THAT A FIRE?' AND WE BOTH LOOK OUT THE DOOR RIGHT AROUND THAT CORNER AND WE JUST SEE FLAMES COMING OUT.> 01;19;02;21 <WHEN KEITH AND HIS COWORKER NOTICED THE FIRE THEY RAN OVER HER IMMEDIATELY AND THEY ACTUALLY WENT INSIDE CIAO'S PIZZA SHOP AND THEY SAID THAT THE OWNERS DIDN'T KNOW THAT THERE WAS A FIRE RIGHT NEXT DOOR.> 01;12;47;04 <THEY REALIZED THERE WAS A TON OF SMOKE, SO I RUN IN AND SAY, 'THERE'S A FIRE! YOU NEED TO EVACUATE.' THEY WERE LIKE, 'THERE'S A FIRE?'> THANKFULLY NO ONE WAS HURT.. BUT IT'S STILL A NIGHT THAT KEITH WILL

A building on Amherst Street in Nashua is a total loss after a fire Friday night.The Nashua Fire Department officials thinks the fire started at Lanna Asian Market shortly after 7:15 p.m. on Friday.Keith Nguyen, manager at Kung Fu Tea and Fried Chicken, said once he noticed the fire from across the parking lot, he and a co-worker rushed to the scene to make sure everyone was evacuated.After they made sure everyone in Lanna Asian Market was OK, they told the employees of Ciao’s Pizza who didn’t know there was a fire."They realized there was a ton of smoke, so I run in and say, 'There's a fire! You need to evacuate.' They were like, 'There's a fire?'" Nguyen said.There were no injuries, but it's a night that Nguyen will never forget."Just a surreal experience. Then coming here this morning and seeing it, kind of breaks my heart 'cause they're such nice people, and they didn't deserve what happened to them," Nguyen said.The cause of the fire is under investigation.

NASHUA, N.H. —

A building on Amherst Street in Nashua is a total loss after a fire Friday night.

The Nashua Fire Department officials thinks the fire started at Lanna Asian Market shortly after 7:15 p.m. on Friday.

Keith Nguyen, manager at Kung Fu Tea and Fried Chicken, said once he noticed the fire from across the parking lot, he and a co-worker rushed to the scene to make sure everyone was evacuated.

After they made sure everyone in Lanna Asian Market was OK, they told the employees of Ciao’s Pizza who didn’t know there was a fire.

"They realized there was a ton of smoke, so I run in and say, 'There's a fire! You need to evacuate.' They were like, 'There's a fire?'" Nguyen said.

There were no injuries, but it's a night that Nguyen will never forget.

"Just a surreal experience. Then coming here this morning and seeing it, kind of breaks my heart 'cause they're such nice people, and they didn't deserve what happened to them," Nguyen said.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

Neighboring business manager helps evacuate people from Nashua building fire

GET LOCAL BREAKING NEWS ALERTS

Top Picks