Crime & Safety
2-Alarm Fire Hits Mystic Shipyard Storage Building
It took firefighters from around the area more than six hours to extinguish a blaze at a shipyard warehouse overnight.
MYSTIC, CT — Firefighters extinguished a second-alarm fire at Mystic Shipyard that was reported Monday night.
Firefighters responded at 10:32 p.m. and arrived at the 100 Essex St. address to find smoke and fire visible in the sky, according to a post from the Mystic Fire Department.
A storage building at the site was on fire and its roof was burning.
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Firefighters from around the area provided assistance.
The fire was extinguished at 4:34 a.m.
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There was no fire damage to any boats and no injuries were reported.
A detached warehouse and office building at the shipyard "experienced major structural and smoke damage from the fire and were deemed uninhabitable by fire and building officials," according to a Town of Groton police statement.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Anyone with information on the fire can contact the Town of Groton Police Department at (860) 441-6712.
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