Fire destroyed a home in Montville on Friday morning.
Crews responded to a home on Kitemaug Road around 3:30 a.m. and spent hours battling the fire.
Norwich Firefighters Local 892 posted on Facebook that crews from an engine reported a partial collapse. Photos from the scene later in the morning showed that the whole house collapsed. Some of it was smoldering several hours after the fire started.
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Route 32 to the area of 56 Massapeag Road is closed and Kitemaug Road is closed from 45 Kitemaug to Massapeag, police said.
They are asking people to avoid the area and urge all Kitemaug residents to use the higher number side of Kitemaug/Massapeag.
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They advise using Massapeag Road to Derry Hill Road as a detour to avoid the closures.
Mutual aid responded to help battle the fire.
The Gales Ferry Volunteer Fire Company said they were responding with a tanker.
