TORRINGTON, Conn. — Three fires all within a few miles of each other. The flames breaking out within hours of each other. Three brothers are now without a home.
"Oh it’s totaled, totaled," said Roberto Castillo.
Castillo and his brother Reuben where outside Rueben’s house on Torringford West St when a fire broke out. In minutes the whole house was in flames. Firefighters rushed to the scene just before 2 pm to see the house and two cars fully engulfed.
"Also [firefighters] were encountering the main electric service to the house had burnt off the structure and was popping," said Chief Peter Towey of the Torrington Fire Department.
While firefighters aggressively battled to contain the flames, a second fire came in just two miles away on Clark Street.
"They made an aggressive attack at the stairwell and held that fire intact until we got more manpower to come in and assist," said Deputy Fire Chief David Tripp Jr.
That home was Roberto and his other brother Miguel’s. The drove over to find it gutted.
"Everything I lost," said Roberto. "Terrible, terrible you know. I work too hard. Right now I don’t have any clothes."
Not long after the flames were put out a third fire was called in at an abandoned factory on Summers Street. Fire Crews split in order to handle all the calls.
"We had to rotate crews constantly because guys are getting beat up," said Tripp.
Torrington Police took a person of interest in for questioning but have not confirmed if the fires are related. Although, Roberto tells FOX61 he believes it could have been a family member that set fires to their homes. The Red Cross has provided the three of them a hotel room to stay.