A fire broke out on the second floor for a house in East Hartford Wednesday night, triggering the smoke detector to alert the family.
East Hartford firefighters responded to a 123 Porterbrook Avenue home after the family called 911 at abuot 5:47 p.m.
The fire took about 15 minutes to knock down, according to Fire Chief John Oates.
The family and their cat got out of the home safely and no one was injured.
There was significant damage on the second floor as a result of the fire and there was water damage on the first floor.
It's not clear how the fire started.
No further information was immediately available.
