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Dog Unable To Escape Bridgeport Fire

12 Displaced In Fire At 3-Family Home

POSTED: 10:39 am EST March 9, 2010
UPDATED: 10:57 am EST March 9, 2010

A pet dog was unable to escape a fire at a three-family home in Bridgeport Monday evening.

Flames broke out at the Connecticut Avenue home at about 4:30 p.m.

Fire officials said the blaze began on the home's second floor and spread to the third.

No one was injured in the blaze, but fire officials said about a dozen people were displaced in the fire.

Fire officials said a pet dog was inside the home at the time of the fire and was unable to escape.

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