Crews responded Saturday to simultaneous fires in Stratford, one of which displaced a family of four, according to officials.
Authorities received multiple 911 calls around 1 p.m. about a fire on Freeman Avenue, officials said. Emergency personnel discovered flames coming from a backyard, as well as a house that was 70 percent ablaze, according to the Stratford Fire Department. Several exposed tanks had vented propane, spreading flames to fencing and starting small brush fires, authorities said, adding the blaze was brought under control in about 45 minutes.
Around the same time, a porch fire was reported in the 700 block of Honeyspot Road, according to authorities, who said residents used a portable extinguisher to contain the flames with help from staff at the neighboring Stratford Guns & Ammo.