Two people jumped from a second-floor window of a Bloomfield home that was on fire early Friday morning and have been taken to the hospital.
Chief Peter Barnard, of the Bloomfield Center Fire Department, said they received the call about the fire on Tunxis Avenue just after 3:30 a.m.
Two residents were home when the fire alarm woke them up. They tried to get out of the bedroom, but there and was too much heat and smoke, so they jumped out of the home from the second-floor window, Barnard said.
Both were taken to the hospital. One suffered from some inhalation and the other has a possible knee injury.
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Fire marshal Roger Nelson said working smoke detectors saved their lives.
"We're hoping people take notice of this. It did save their lives. It's a very simple thing to have now," he said.
Mutual aid was called in from several towns and no firefighters were injured. Fire officials said they had some trouble getting water out of a nearby hydrant.
The fire marshal is investigating the cause of the fire.
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