Fairfield Home Where Fire Killed Disabled Teen, Mom to Be Auctioned Off

A Crane Street home in Fairfield that caught fire last spring, killing a disabled teenager and her mother, is being auctioned off by the trustees of the estate.

Katherine O’Neill, 19, and Maureen Gerity, 47, were sleeping when flames ignited in the living room of their home at 135 Crane Street in March 2014. Neighbors said the two were trapped. They were pronounced dead at Bridgeport Hospital.

The property will be sold at a public auction in Monroe on Sunday, July 12. The starting price has been set at $99,000.

“This will turn a page for the family and neighbors who have been living with this reminder of that tragic evening for the past year. We expect a new home to be built in short order,” Auctioneer Rosie DeStories said in a statement Thursday.

The auction will take place at 707 Main Street in Monroe and is slated to begin at 11 a.m.

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