One Dead, Multiple Families Displaced in Hartford Multi-Family Home Fire

A two-alarm fire tore through a 2½-story multifamily home on Elliott Street in Hartford late Monday (about 10:30–10:35 p.m.), with heavy flames on the first floor that had spread to the second floor and roof before crews knocked the blaze down with multiple hose lines. One person was pronounced dead at the scene and another man was treated for smoke inhalation and released; three families (nine adults) were displaced and are receiving assistance from the Hartford Fire Department Special Services Unit and the American Red Cross. The Hartford Fire Marshal’s Office, Hartford Police and the Connecticut State Police Fire and Explosion Investigation Unit are investigating; the victim’s identity has been withheld pending family notification. In a separate incident early Saturday in Mosinee, Wisconsin, a house fire that engulfed the garage and rear portion of a home on Dalton Drive left one person dead after firefighters brought the blaze under control; that cause is also under investigation and the victim’s name is being withheld.