EAST WINDSOR - An apartment fire late Friday night sent one person to the hospital with burn injuries.
The fire at the Mill Pond Apartments broke out about 10:30 p.m. The Broad Brook Fire Department, the Warehouse Point Fire Department, the South Windsor Rapid Intervention Team and an engine from Enfield all responded.
Firefighters were able to knock down the blaze on the first floor within 10 minutes. One occupant was transported to be treated for burns.
Everyone in the 3-story building was evacuated as all floors were effected by smoke. The Red Cross said they provided help to 15 displaced families - including 12 children - who were at least temporarily displaced.
While crews where picking up, a resident had backed into the first due apparatus, narrowly missing firefighters. Police apprehended the driver who was taken into custody for unknown reasons.
UPDATE: On Sunday, residents of the apartment complex told FOX61 that most families were back in their apartments. However, the family in the apartment where the fire started, including two young children, had lost virtually everything. Donated goods are, for now, being collected at the Mill Pond Apartments office.
The Broad Brook Fire Department has also posted a message about helping the family through the town's Social Services department, or a GoFundMe page.