New Haven firefighters rescued 11 residents from a burning five-story apartment building on Chapel Street after a third-floor blaze escalated to three alarms

By Justin Muszynski
Hartford Courant

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Eleven people were rescued from a five-story apartment building in New Haven where a three-alarm fire broke out on Tuesday.

Crews responded to the building on Chapel Street at 11:22 a.m. on the report of a fire and found that the third floor was burning, according to Dan Coughlin, acting chief of the New Haven Fire Department.

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Coughlin said three people in the building were rescued from “imminent danger” and eight more victims were rescued from other areas of the building. A third alarm was called in before the fire was brought under control just before 12:40 p.m.

According to Coughlin, 22 people were evaluated at the scene. None of them were taken to a hospital.

Coughlin said officials expected a “large amount” of displacements but did not have an “exact count” in the afternoon hours.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

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