Everyone made it out, according to the fire department. The Burlington Fire Marshal's Office is investigating.
BURLINGTON, Conn — Burlington firefighters and EMS responded to a fire at a home on Gilbert Lane Monday evening, according to the town's volunteer fire department.
In a Facebook post at 6:18 p.m. that the town's firefighters and EMS were at the scene of the fire. They were asking people to avoid the area.
Michael Boucher, public information officer for the Burlington Volunteer Fire Department, said in an update that everyone made it out of the fire.
The first unit on scene found a well-involved garage fire with vehicles on fire in the driveway, Boucher said.
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The fire department called mutual aid tankers and firefighters to the scene to assist in attacking the fire, with no water in the area, according to Boucher. The department received mutual aid from Harwinton, Harwinton West Side, Terryville, Bristol and Tunxis Hose out of Unionville.
Boucher said "crews did a good job" with keeping the fire mostly to the garage. While he noted that the fire left some smoke damage in the main house, the rest of the house was unaffected.
He added that the cold weather "always hampers an operation" with water draining from the hoses and ice on the road, creating slippery conditions for the firefighters during their response.
The Burlington Fire Marshal's Office is investigating the fire.
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