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House Fire: Dogs Alert Branford Family of Early Morning Blaze
Occupants of a Flat Rock Road home — with "no working smoke detectors" — escaped unharmed after their pets alerted them to the blaze, according to Branford Firefighters.
A Branford family safely escaped an early morning fire Sunday at their Flat Rock Road home — which had no working smoke detectors — after they were alerted to the blaze by their dogs.
Members of the Branford Fire Department responded to the report of a structure fire at 31 Flat Rock Road, which came in shortly after 4:30 a.m. this morning.
The blaze, which is believed to have started in the basement, resulted in moderate physical damage to the two-story cape, as well as interior smoke and water damage.
"Preliminary accidental, occupants escaped unharmed due to the dogs waking them up," Branford firefighters reported via their Facebook page.
They added that the home had "no working smoke detectors" at the time of the fire.
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