The Red Cross is helping nearly three dozen people who were displaced by a fire at a large apartment complex in Hamden Saturday morning.
The fire broke out before sunrise at the complex on Town Walk Drive, according to fire officials.
All on-duty companies responded to the fire, they said.
Town officials say no one was injured, but fifteen families were forced from their homes. In all, the Red Cross is assisting 30 adults and five children who were affected.
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Officials said an electric portable cooking burner on the second floor was left on and ignited nearby combustibles, spreading to the wooden deck.
The fire department said storing any type of grill or cooking device on decks or within 10 feet of an apartment building is prohibited.
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