Fire destroyed a multifamily home on Beach Lane in Montville Friday morning.
Chief Micah Messer, of the Oakdale Fire Department, said the house to the right was also exposed to fire.
One man was home when the fire started and was able to get out, Messer said.
The Red Cross will be helping the man who is displaced.
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