Brush Fire Spreads to Residential Building In Norwich

NORWICH, CT — A brush fire spread to a residential building in Norwich over the weekend, according to police.

The Norwich Communications Center received calls at 1:02 a.m. Saturday reporting a structure fire at 90 North St. Building #5.

Officers arrived and found "what appeared to be a brush fire that had begun to transition to the physical structure itself."

Smoke filled the hallways, and police and firefighters began evacuating residents to safety.

No injuries were reported.

Firefighters extinguished the blaze, which caused minimal damage to the building's exterior.

The cause of the fire is not known.

Anyone with information can call police at 860-886-5561 ext. 4.

The fire broke out in the midst of a drought that has sparked brush fires across the state.

A Red Flag Warning remains in effect throughout Connecticut, with low relative humidity, frequent gusts of wind, and little precipitation recently.