New Hampshire Bread and Breakfast fire UPDATE: The owner of a bed and breakfast was killed in a fire at the inn Tuesday morning and one member of a NASCAR promotional team staying there was critically hurt. Police Chief James McGonigle said six or seven people were staying at the inn. They are members of a promotional crew for a NASCAR sponsor for this weekend’s Winston Cup race at New Hampshire International Speedway in nearby Loudon(I understand they are part of the Silverado Truck Racing Tour and the Monte Carlo Truck Tour that do promotions for Chevrolet). ”These people are not the pit crew or anything like that,” Fire Marshal Don Bliss said. The injured person was flown to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston in critical condition, he said. Flames broke out around 1:30 a.m. ”When I arrived, it looked like a complete disaster,” fire Chief Albert Dionne said. He said people were running around, yelling that others were still in 2½-story White Rabbit Inn. Bliss said at least two other people were injured, including a firefighter treated and released for heat exhaustion and a civilian admitted to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. He said firefighters had to pluck one or two people from a second floor balcony. Another person was carried out.(Boston Globe/AP) and more at That’s Racin'(7-17-2001) UPDATE: A man is recovering from critical injuries sustained in the fire that destroyed the White Rabbit Inn and killed its owner. Lonny Klug of Lake Isabella, Calif., is in fair condition, said a Massachusetts General Hospital spokeswoman. A member of a NASCAR promotional team, Klug was staying at the White Rabbit when the fire broke out early Tuesday morning. Emergency workers rushed Klug to Concord Hospital. He was subsequently airlifted to the Boston hospital, where doctors listed his condition as critical. State Fire Marshal Donald Bliss said yesterday the fire started accidentally in the kitchen, either in an electrical outlet or a coffee maker. Officials will continue to investigate(Concord Monitor)(7-19-2001)
