One resident is being treated for smoke inhalation after a fire at a three-story multifamily home in the Blue Hills neighborhood in Hartford early Tuesday morning, a firefighter suffered minor injuries and crews are looking for a missing cat.
Deputy chief Kenneth Kowal, of the Hartford Fire Department, said crews were dispatched to the home on Sharon Street around 3:30 a.m. and found heavy fire on the third floor.
The fire started on the third floor and one of the two residents on that floor was taken to the hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation, he said.
A firefighter was also taken to the hospital to be treated for a minor injury, according to the fire department.
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All of the residents were able to get out of the building, but crews are looking for a missing cat from the second floor.
The fire was under control in about an hour and a half, Kowal said.
He said there was a lot of storage on the third floor, which made it difficult to get to the scene of the fire, and some of the fire extended to the second floor.
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Kowal said the third floor is completely burnt out, the second floor has water, smoke and fire damage and the first floor has water damage.
Thirteen residents, nine adults and four children. are displaced.
The fire marshal responded to the scene and will work to determine the cause of the fire.
