Norwich fire displaces 7 residents on Central Avenue
Norwich — A fire at 378 Central Ave. displaced seven residents Saturday evening.
No one was injured, and residents of the three- to four-family residential building made it out before Norwich firefighters arrived on the scene, according to a Norwich Fire Department news release.
The American Red Cross said it is assisting four families — five adults and two children — displaced by the fire.
The fire started shortly after 4 p.m. at a 2½-story building about a block from First Haitian Baptist Church of Norwich. "The first arriving crew reported fire to the rear of the building with smoke from the attic," the release said.
Norwich fire and police personnel brought the fire under control shortly before 5 p.m. Police cars blocked off a portion of Central Avenue during the blaze.
The NFD was assisted by Mohegan Tribal Fire Department Fast Team, American Ambulance, and the Taftville, Yantic, Occum and East Great Plain fire departments. Norwich Public Utilities and Building Departments assisted, as well.
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