By ANTHONY DiLORENZO, adilorenzo@ctnow.com FOX CT
6:22 a.m. EST, February 20, 2012
Firefighters battled a house fire in East Lyme for
hours Monday morning. The fire at 8 Morris Lane was called in around 3 a.m.,
according to Fire Marshal Richard Morris. When firefighters arrived on scene
the garage of the home was completely on fire, Morris said. Witnesses said they
heard several explosions coming from the garage. Morris said those explosions
were oxygen tanks stored in the garage, which then fueled and helped the fire
spread to the rest of the home. Five residents, including two adults, their two
grown children, and an elderly woman, made it out safely. Morris said the
elderly woman is on oxygen, and several tanks were stored in the garage. A
firefighter was injured after falling through the second floor into the living
room of the home, Morris said. That firefighter was taken to Lawrence and
Memorial hospital for treatment of his injuries. Morris said after an initial
investigation, it appears the fire may have started because of a bag of
discarded ashes or careless disposal of smoking materials. The official cause
of the fire is still under investigation, Morris said.
East Lyme home destroyed by fire
Posted: Feb 20, 2012 3:45 AM EST Updated: Feb 20,
2012 7:22 AM EST
By WFSB Staff
EAST LYME, CT (WFSB) -
An East Lyme home was destroyed by fire overnight
and now officials are looking into what may have started it. Five people were
inside the Morris Lane home when the fire began around 3 a.m. Crews from East
Lyme, Flanders, Niantic and other surrounding communities responded to reports
of the fire, which may have started in the garage, and quickly spread to the
rest of the home. The mother, father, two sons and an elderly mother-in-law were
all able to escape. "We drove around and the house was completely in
flames by the time we got here," said eyewitness Lauren Adams. Adams and
other neighbors said they heard explosions when the house caught fire. One
firefighter, a 29-year-veteran of the force, was injured when he fell through
the floor trying to get out. He was taken to a local hospital and is expected
to fully recover. The fire remains under investigation. Refresh this page and
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Explosions Heard from Scene of East Lyme Fire
A
family of five is displaced in East Lyme.
Monday,
Feb 20, 2012 | Updated 7:57 AM EST
Five people are out of their East Lyme home
after a fire early Monday morning and a firefighter was injured.
Several neighbors called 911
around 3 a.m. after hearing explosions from the home on Morris Lane, off of
Lovers Lane, and feeling them from almost a quarter-mile away.
The fire marshal said several
oxygen bottles in the garage exploded.
Officials said the fire was so
intense that firefighters had to back off at one point.
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