Ten people are displaced after a fire at a duplex in Norwalk on Christmas night.
Firefighters were called to a duplex on Lexington Avenue around 10:45 p.m.
When firefighters arrived, they found the up and down duplex had heavy fire showing outside of a bedroom window with the fire exposing into the second floor bedroom above.
Fire officials said the heat also melted the exterior siding of the house next door.
Fire crews were able to bring fire hoses into each floor. They said they knocked down the flames within 10 minutes, but the heat and smoke damaged both floors.
All occupants of the house were able to escape before the fire department arrived.
Two adult women and five children were displaced from the first floor and three adult males were displaced from the second floor, fire officials said. The Red Cross responded to provide assistance because the home is not able to be lived in.
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The cause of the fire is under investigation.
