PHOTOS: Firefighters from numerous departments spent Sunday morning fighting a fire at a Groton apartment complex.
According to the City of Groton Fire Department, the fire broke out at The Ledges Apartments at approximately 3 a.m. Poquonnock Bridge Fire District Chief Jeffrey Rheaume said it was a three-alarm fire, and most of the southeast Connecticut fire departments responded for such a large fire.
Norwich Fire Department was among the 18 departments called in to fight the fire. Old Saybrook Fire Department sent 12 firefighters, who “worked the interior of the building conducting secondary searches.”
An Old Saybrook tower ladder also worked alongside other departments outside the building. Rheaume said the building has 44 units and 43 of them were occupied at the time of the fire.
Fire officials said if the units were not damaged by fire, the units were damaged by smoke and water. Rheaume estimated that 60 people were displaced from the fire.
“At first I thought it was a drill,” resident I’Asia Jones said. “The fire alarm woke me up, and my dog woke me up as well.” Sunday afternoon Jones and other residents said they were able to retrieve some of their belongings from inside their units.
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