Two homes caught on fire and sustained significant damage in New Haven overnight.
The fire department said a home on Woolsey Street caught fire. The heavy fire in the back of the home caught the house next door on fire as well.
Both homes are heavily damaged, according to crews. Seven people, including one child, have been displaced, according to the Red Cross.
No injuries were reported. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
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NBC Connecticut spoke with the man who made the 911 call to the fire department. He described what it was like to watch his friend's house burn.
“It was like 2:55 a.m. when I smell a little bit of plastic, like burning plastic and my dog started making some noise, the little one," Jose Diaz said.
Diaz, who was spending the night in his van, was the first to see the fire break out.
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“I start calling my friend, hitting the house hard, Sarito, Sarito, the house is burning," Diaz said.
He said he made his way into the home at one point after seeing that his friend wasn't responding to his yelling or banging.
“I say 'get out, the house is burning real bad in the back side.' That’s when he ran out, he sat in the chair right here and we stayed right here cause we couldn’t do anything," Diaz said.
