UPDATE: 11:10 A.M.
Four people and two cats escaped without injury after a fire at a Stratford home.
Stratford Fire Chief John Paradis tells MyStratfordNow.com that a call came in around 8 o’clock Tuesday morning after smoke was seen coming from a basement window at a home on St.Vincent Street.
Firefighters quickly extinguished a mattress in the basement.
Smoke was cleared from the house and an investigation into the cause continues.
Paradis says working smoke alarms were the key to all residents getting out safely.
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Stratford Firefighters are at the scene of a blaze in the city for the second day in a row.
Stratford Police say it’s on St.Vincent Street, across from St. Joseph Catholic Elementary School.
They are asking the public to avoid the area.
More to come.
