Fire Breaks Out At 5-Story Apartment Building In Norwalk: FD

NORWALK, CT — Two residents of a five-story apartment building in Norwalk were displaced as a result of fire that broke out Saturday afternoon, according to fire officials.

In a news release, Assistant Chief Edward McCabe said an activated fire alarm and sprinkler system alerted crews of a structure fire at 55 North Water Street around 2:45 p.m.

When firefighters arrived, they found heavy smoke and fire coming from a fourth floor apartment and a 25-person crew extinguished the blaze in about 15 minutes, McCabe said.

Firefighters used a high-rise hose and the building's standpipe system to extinguish the flames, McCabe said. The sprinkler system prevented the fire from spreading beyond the fourth floor apartment.

Two residents were displaced as a result of the fire, McCabe said. No injuries were reported and a pet was also safely removed from the building.

The cause of the fire is still under investigation, McCabe said.