Hartford apartment fire partly knocked down; 11 displaced, Red Cross on scene

Evergreen Drive, Hartford

Crews were dispatched to a reported fire on Evergreen Drive in Hartford, where units reported heavy smoke and multiple people trapped on the second floor of a two-story apartment complex, according to radio traffic. Radio traffic indicated some of the fire was knocked down from an outside window and it was unknown if it was still burning inside, and that crews later reported 11 people displaced, the Red Cross requested and on scene, and no physical injuries reported among the residents units spoke with, according to the traffic. A fire investigator was requested, a request was made for Hartford electrical, and Hartford fire units were returning to quarters except those remaining on scene for the investigation, according to radio traffic. Follow-up traffic on the police channel included a request for a unit to return with consent forms, a report that a building consent form was kept at the police department, a unit asking dispatch for the call numbers for the fire call, which were relayed, a request to be put on the fire, and units later being cleared from the call with a report, according to the transmissions.

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First radio traffic

Oct 17, 2026 12:59 AM CDT

Last radio traffic

Oct 17, 2026 06:21 AM CDT

This summary was generated automatically from public radio traffic and hasn't been confirmed by officials. Early reports are often wrong.