Seven people are displaced after a fire at a multifamily home on Randolph Avenue in Meriden overnight.
Firefighters received was about a fire in a bedroom and flames coming from the second floor just before midnight.
Fire Chief Kenneth Morgan said the fire had extended to the front of the building.
Officials from the city manager’s office said the fire was deemed accidental and a pillow on top of an electric baseboard ignited.
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No one was injured.
A minivan was parked in front of the fire hydrant and firefighters had to remove the windows to put the hose through the vehicle and extinguish the flames.
“In an incident like that, if you park in front of a fire hydrant, a - you could get a ticket for it. But, b - if something happens, we’re not going to hesitate to take your car apart to get to that hydrant,” Morgan said.
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City officials said is illegal to park closer than 10 feet from a hydrant in the state and this was second time in six months in Meriden that a vehicle blocked a fire hydrant.
Fire officials said all the residents had gotten out of the building and three people who live on the first floor and two who live on the second floor are displaced.
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