WINDSOR — A fire significantly damaged a three-bedroom home on 30 Route 44 on Monday afternoon.
Two residents, who both declined to be interviewed, were on the property when the fire started in the shed area of the house, which is located in the back left corner of the building, Windsor Fire Chief Kevin McAllister said in an interview at the scene on Monday.
The Windsor Fire Department arrived at the property shortly after 2 p.m. to find “a heavy fire on the exterior of the residence,” according to a Tuesday news release.
Claremont, Cornish, Hartford, Hartland, West Windsor and Weathersfield fire departments and Cornish Rescue soon arrived to provide mutual aid.
Smoke billowed from the left side of the house, which sits at the top of a steep driveway. About 10 firetrucks lined the nearby stretch of Route 44, which police blocked off while firefighters worked to stop the blaze.
Firefighters had the fire under control by roughly 3 p.m. By 3:45, trucks began to leave the site.
The house sustained significant water and smoke damage. For now, it’s unclear if “it can be salvaged,” said McAllister, though firefighters were able to recover some belongings and sentimental possessions from the wreckage.
The house belongs to Kerri-Ann Esty, who’s owned the property since 2014, according to town records.
The property, which includes 2.3 acres of land, is valued at $292,000 according to town property records.
Neither of the residents were injured during the fire, though several firefighters slipped while traversing the snowy driveway, McAllister said.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation, said McAllister, but no foul play is suspected.
The residents had a smoke detector in the home at the time of the fire. “Everybody should be using one of the those,” McAllister said.
The Route 44 fire is among several house fires that have happened in the past two weeks.
Last Wednesday, a house fire destroyed a home on Route 113 in Vershire. Two days later, a grease fire destroyed a house in Randolph.