Six people were taken to area hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries after a floor collapsed at a wedding in Tamworth, New Hampshire, around 4:30 p.m. Saturday afternoon, a spokesman for the New Hampshire State Fire Marshal’s Office said.
The collapse occurred while attending a wedding for about 140 people, according to an audio recording released by first responders. The fire office confirmed that there were no deaths.
A phone call to the location, the reserve in Chocorua, was not answered. The city of Tamworth, with a population of about 2,800 people, is located about 115 miles north of Concord, New Hampshire.
Carroll County Sheriff’s Office dispatchers confirmed that multiple agencies were responding to the incident, but declined to discuss further details Saturday night. Phone calls to MaineHealth Memorial Hospital were not returned Saturday night.
A spokesman for the New Hampshire State Fire Marshal’s Office confirmed that they had sent members to the scene, and confirmed that the office would investigate the structural collapse.
A responder who arrived at the scene shortly after the 911 calls were dispatched described half the floor of the building where the wedding was scheduled to take place as having fallen into the basement. He asked for more first responders to speak with witnesses, saying there were about 145 people present at the event. The respondent also said they were carefully pulling people from the building.