Crime & Safety

Report: Two Dead In Blinman Street Fire

New London Fire Department responds to blaze this evening

Two people were killed in a fire on Blinman Street tonight, according to NBC Connecticut.

The station said Mayor Daryl Finizio confirmed that a man and a woman died in the blaze at 36 Blinman Street. Firefighters found the body of a woman inside the burning building and administered CPR to a man found inside. The man was later pronounced dead at .

According to updates from the , the fire was reported at approximately 8:30 p.m. The two-alarm blaze brought in several ambulances from Waterford.

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reports that at least one of the death is being treated as a homicide.

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