5 Displaced After Fire Breaks Out At Norwalk Apartment Building: FD

NORWALK, CT — Five residents of a two-story Norwalk apartment building were displaced after a fire broke out in the bedroom of one of the apartments Thursday afternoon, according to fire officials.

In a news release, Deputy Fire Chief Jonathan Maggio said firefighters received a report of a residential structure fire on North Taylor Avenue around 1 p.m.

Residents were evacuating the building as firefighters arrived, Maggio said. First arriving crews encountered moderate smoke coming from an apartment door in a stairwell on the second floor.

Crews forced the door open and found an appliance on fire in a back bedroom. The fire, which had extended to a wall and ceiling, was quickly extinguished by firefighters, according to Maggio.

Five residents of the apartment where the fire originated were displaced after the apartment was posted unfit for occupancy, Maggio said. Other residents were allowed to re-occupy the building.

No injuries were reported, according to Maggio. The Norwalk Fire Marshal's Office is investigating the cause of the fire.