A mother and her young child escaped their burning home on Friday morning when an unattended candle set fire to the 10-unit apartment building at 17 Foran Road in Milford.
Officials said the fire broke out at 8:57 a.m. and firefighters encountered smoke coming from unit 40.
They were able to extinguish the fire quickly and most of the damage was confined to the bathroom, were the fire started. As the fire marshal’s office investigated, they found an unsupervised burning candle and determined that it ignited nearby combustibles, causing the fire, officials said.
However, there was some associated smoke and heat damage throughout the unit and the other units of the building were evacuated as the crews searched building.
Because of the cold temperatures this morning, the Milford Transit Authority brought a bus to the scene to provide a warming station while residents were displaced.
The scene was clear by 10:37 a.m. and the building management company was able to relocate the mother and child to a vacant unit in the complex.
The other tenants of the building will be allowed to return to their own apartments.
