Multiple departments responded to a fire on High Street in Southington on Wednesday, firefighters said.
Witnesses said they saw flames shooting out of the home before firefighters arrived around 3:10 p.m.
Firefighters from Southington, Bristol, Plainville and Cheshire all responded.
The second-floor resident told NBC Connecticut her two sons and dog were home alone when the fire broke out. She said someone started banging on their door but it wasn’t until the dog, Buddy, refused to stop barking that the boys went downstairs and realized the home was on fire. They credit Buddy with saving their lives.
“I'm grateful that my kids are alive. But I'm not happy to hear about that because you have to worry about your roof where you're going to stay, your clothes, all that stuff,” Charissa Frappier said.
Firefighters said four adults and three children were displaced. One person was sent to the hospital for non-life threatening injuries.
The structure suffered significant water, smoke and fire damage both internally and externally, fire officials said.
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The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
