Hartford Fire

Firefighters worked quickly to put out a blaze at a three-family home in Harford’s South End Sunday afternoon. Crews responded to home on Campfield Avenue, which was occupied at the time of the fire. Responding firefighters saw fire on the top floor stairwell that extended into the eaves of the building. The blaze was quickly knocked down and placed...

One person was hospitalized after a fire at a home in Hartford Friday night. Hartford firefighters responded to the blaze on White Street around 8:30 p.m. When firefighters arrived at the scene, they were told that someone was still inside on the second floor. Firefighters rushed in a found a woman unconscious in a bathroom on the second floor, according…

Four people were transported to the hospital and one person is in critical condition after a fire at an apartment complex in Hartford. Firefighters responded to the 2-alarm fire on Wethersfield Avenue in the city’s South End at approximately 6:30 p.m. Crews said the fire was in a first floor unit and extended into the common hallway. Police and...

Crews said 22 people may be displaced after a fire at a multi-family home in Hartford. Officials said they responded to 316 Sergeant St. at approximately 2:10 p.m. Saturday afternoon. The blaze was contained within 11 minutes, according to crews. Firefighters said the blaze was contained to the first floor of the building. The Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating the…

Fire crews worked to put out a 2-alarm fire in Hartford Sunday evening. Crews responded to the intersection of Franklin Avenue and Shultas Place. When firefighters got to the scene, a second alarm was requested at approximately 5:04 p.m. The blaze was put out less than 10 minutes later, but crews are still at the scene. No injuries were reported…

A body was found in a burning car on Saturday night in Hartford According to police, emergency crews were called to 114 Shultas Place around 8:42 p.m. on a report of a vehicle on fire. Upon arrival, the Hartford Fire department was extinguishing the fire when they alerted officers to a deceased party in the car, which is being described…

A 67-year-old man was found dead when firefighters responded to an apartment in Hartford on Sunday and police said it appears a cigarette started the fire. Firefighters were called to an apartment on Garden Street around 1:45 p.m. and found heavy smoke in the apartment and Roberto Marquez lying on the floor in the living room, unresponsive. Police said he…

Firefighters were battling a second-alarm fire in Hartford Saturday night. Westland Street was closed between Garden and Vine streets while crews put out the fire. Fire officials are asking people to avoid the area. It is unknown if there are any injuries at this time. No additional information was immediately available.

A fire damaged apartments in a mixed use building in Hartford on Monday morning. Firefighters were called to the building on Franklin Avenue around 6:30 a.m. The fire was in the rear porch on the third floor of a three story building, fire officials said. The building has a law firm on the first floor and apartments above it. The…

Firefighters responded to a fire at a mixed use building in Hartford on Monday morning.

The woman accused of setting a fatal fire inside a Hartford apartment building has now been charged with felony murder.

The woman accused of starting the fatal fire that ripped through a Hartford apartment building early Sunday morning lit a bottle of hand sanitizer on fire and threw it at her girlfriend during a domestic altercation, according to Hartford police. The fire spread from there throughout the upper floors of the building. Police arrested Destiny Waite, 28, in the hours…

Hartford police have arrested a woman for arson in connection to an apartment building fire that killed one person and injured dozens of others on Sunday morning.

Hartford police have arrested a woman for arson in connection to an apartment building fire that killed one person and injured dozens of others on Sunday morning. Members of the Connecticut State Police Arson Unit and Hartford Fire Marshall’s Office determined the origin, cause and method of the fire. Investigators said they secured an arrest warrant for 28-year-old Destiny...

One person has died after a fire in a Hartford apartment building and more than 45 people were rescued early Sunday morning.

One person has died after a fire in a Hartford apartment building and more than 45 people were rescued early Sunday morning.

More than 45 people were rescued from a fire in a Hartford apartment building early Sunday morning.

One person has died after a fire in a Hartford apartment building and more than 45 people were rescued early Sunday morning. The fire was first reported at the 5-story Charter Oak Place building at 1:19 a.m., according to Hartford Fire Chief James Errickson. Once emergency crews arrived, a second and third alarm were called due to the severity of…

Crews are at the scene of a fire on Main Street in Hartford on Wednesday morning.