Dec. 1 (UPI) — Fire destroyed a $3 million Connecticut mansion Thursday after residents fried a turkey in the garage, officials said.
Firefighters were alerted to the blaze at about 3:40 p.m. EST by an automatic fire alarm on Weston Road in an upscale neighborhood, the Weston Volunteer Fire Department said in a statement. More 911 calls soon followed.
The mansion was found engulfed in flames, the fire spreading from the garage to the rest of the house by the time firefighters arrived.
“When we arrived, the whole garage end of the house was on fire – like a third of the house,” Weston Volunteer Fire Department Chief John Pokorny told CT Insider. “It accelerated really rapidly.”
