Enfield Police: Fatal Fire 'Suspicious'
Scene from the fire in Enfield. (Mark Zarcaro / Enfield Fire Department PIO)
Christine Dempsey and Nicholas Rondinone
A person has died after a fire on Garden Street in Enfield, fire officials said.
ENFIELD — A fire that led to the discovery of a dead person in a local home is considered "suspicious," police said Wednesday.
Sgt. Nicole Martel–Moylan said she had no other information about the fire at 19 Garden St. on the west side of town. Enfield detectives are investigating with help from the state police, she said.
Firefighters were called to the house about 7 p.m., a spokesman for the town fire departments said. Flames could be seen coming from a second-story window of the small cape-style house when firefighters arrived.
The fire was quickly extinguished but a person was found dead inside, according to officials. The circumstances of the death were not immediately known.
Members of the state police fire marshal's office, or the Fire and Explosion Investigation Unit, arrived on scene before 9 p.m. and were investigating what caused the fire in the house., officials said.