A family was displaced following a house fire in Haddam on Wednesday that killed two of their pets.
Fire crews responded to a home on Plains Road at 4:45 p.m. on the report of a structure fire and found heavy smoke coming from the eaves of the house, according to the Haddam Volunteer Fire Department.
Firefighters extinguished the blaze and contained the small fire to the room where it started in the basement, fire officials said.
Multiple people who were in the home when the fire started were able to get out safely along with their two dogs, according to fire officials. Two cats that were in the home were killed, the fire department said.
Heavy smoke damage throughout the house left the residence uninhabitable, displacing a family of four, fire officials said.
Fire crews received mutual aid at the scene from the Middletown South District, Chester Hose Company, East Haddam, Haddam Neck, Killingworth, Deep River and the Durham Fire Departments. Crews were at the scene for about two hours.
The cause of the fire is being investigated by the Haddam Fire Marshal.
