Updated: Family of four displaced by fire Sunday in Lyme
Lyme – A fire at a single-family home on the Tiffany Farm property displaced a farmhand and his family on Sunday.
Firefighters from Lyme and several neighboring towns responded to a 5:30 a.m. report of a chimney fire at 150 Sterling City Road and arrived to find the fire had spread into the home, according to Lyme Fire Marshal David Roberge.
The two-story home sustained extensive damage to the second floor and some damage in the basement, Roberge said. The home was ruled uninhabitable for the time being.
Susan Tiffany, who owns the dairy farm with husband Jack Tiffany, said the home that caught fire was at 150-2 Sterling City Road and occupied by a longtime employee of the farm who lives there with members of his family. She said the house was built by her husband’s late father after World War II. She said the damage is repairable.
“We’re going to do our best to restore it,” Susan Tiffany said.
Tiffany said they are also looking at options to provide a place to stay for the displaced family.
No injuries were reported, and the cause of the fire remains subject of an investigation by the fire marshal’s office.
Roberge said there was a wood stove in the home.
Lyme received mutual aid support from East Haddam, Old Saybrook, and Old Lyme fire departments.
The Red Cross said they are assisting three adults and one child with emergency housing and clothing needs. Four Red Cross volunteers responded to help the family, according to Red Cross spokesman Paul Shipman.
Shipman said the Red Cross also assisted one person with emergency food and clothing needs after a fire Friday on Jefferson Avenue in New London. The cause of that fire remains under investigation.
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