KITTERY, Maine — A Kittery Point home sustained an estimated $75,000 in damage after a two-alarm fire started in the living room early Monday morning.

KITTERY, Maine — A Kittery Point home sustained an estimated $75,000 in damage after a two-alarm fire started in the living room early Monday morning.



The fire at 19 Gerrish Island Lane was called in at 2:41 a.m. by resident Christopher Trussel, and was quickly brought under control, said Kittery Fire Chief David O'Brien.



According to O'Brien, Trussel woke in a second-floor bedroom and apparently knew something was wrong. The house did not have smoke alarms, said O'Brien.



Trussel, the only occupant, exited through an upstairs window and down a roof, the chief said.



O'Brien said he called in a second alarm in part because of the age of the house, built in 1690, and in part because by the time firefighters arrived fire was clearly evident through the living room window.



However, he said the firefighters were able to keep damage confined to the one room, calling it under control by 3:14 a.m. Firefighters remained on the scene until 5:54 a.m., he said.



“There was very little water used during the initial attack. It took very little to put it down. They guys did a great job,” said O'Brien.



Included in O'Brien's damage assessment is the cost of removing the smoke damage, which was throughout the house, he said.



O'Brien said the cause was not immediately known, but it is not considered suspicious.



Covering the Kittery Point and Kittery stations were firefighters from York, South Berwick and Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Maine and Portsmouth, Greenland and New Castle in New Hampshire.



Eliot, Maine, firefighters helped on scene. The Rye, N.H., Fire Department provided an air trailer.