Crime & Safety

One Fatality Reported in Tuesday Ellington Avenue Fire

The garage fire is currently under investigation by state and local fire marshal offices.

One person died Tuesday in a garage fire at 110 Ellington Ave., according to Scott Cunningham, fire inspector with the Ellington Fire Marshal’s Office.

Cunningham said the dispatcher received a 911 call at 10:13 p.m. Tuesday, and the Ellington Volunteer Fire Department responded to the fire, located in a single bay detached garage.

The fire is currently under investigation by the Office of the State Fire Marshal and the Ellington Fire Marshal’s Office.

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The Hartford Courant reported the person who died in the fire was a man.


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