19 People Temporarily Displaced After Garage Fire In Stamford: FD

STAMFORD, CT —Nineteen people have been temporarily displaced after a fire ripped through a garage and damaged nearby residences early Monday morning, according to the Stamford Fire Department.

Several units responded to the rear of a building in the 60 block of Myrtle Avenue at 12:31 a.m. and found a 10-foot by 20-foot wood frame garage used for storing landscaping equipment "fully involved" with fire, the SFD said in a news release, noting the exterior of a nearby exposed residence was beginning to burn as well.

"The main body of fire in the garage was quickly knocked down and the exposure was wet down and overhauled to prevent further extension," the SFD said.

A multi-family residence in the teen block of Gregory Street also suffered exterior damage from the fire, the SFD said.

The people who were temporarily displaced from the Myrtle Avenue building were being relocated with help from the American Red Cross, according to the SFD.

The Stamford Fire Marshal's Office is investigating the cause and origin of the fire.