TAMWORTH, NH — Six people were hospitalized after the New Hampshire State Fire Marshal’s Office (NHSFMO) responded to a wedding venue in the town of Tamworth after reports of a floor collapse.
The incident occurred around 4:33 p.m. when Talmoth Fire and Rescue responded to The Preserve at Chocorua, at 88 Philbrick Neighborhood Road in Tamworth, for reports that a floor had collapsed during a wedding.
Once on scene, crews found out that the staff of the establishment had begun helping those who had fallen, alongside providing first aid to some wedding goers. First responders then began assisting people.
“Investigators with the New Hampshire State Fire Marshal’s Office have responded to the scene and are leading the investigation into the incident,” the State Fire Marshal’s Office wrote. “The preliminary investigation has determined that at the start of the wedding ceremony, 144 guests were in the venue’s Sap House building when the floor collapsed and nearly 70 people, about half of the guests, fell through an approximately 20-by-20-foot opening into the basement.”
Six people were transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Since then, four of them have been released.
The incident remains under investigation.
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