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Fire broke out in the basement of a home on Fairmount Street Sunday night.
Credit: FOX61 Author: Bill Flood Updated: 2:10 AM EST February 22, 2021
HARTFORD, Conn. The Hartford Fire Department and Red Cross are helping nine people find shelter after a fire in a home in the city s Clay Arsenal neighborhood Sunday night.
Firefighters responded to the call at 16 Fairmount Street about 7:45 p.m. Officials say they found fire in the basement upon arrival, worked quickly to extinguish it and had all visible fire knocked down within 24 minutes.
Everyone got out of the multi-family home safely and no injuries were reported.
This is the story of two neighboring Hartford suburbs and how they came, throughout the 20th century, to represent an example of America’s persistent racial segregation.
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Hartford On a sweltering Saturday afternoon last June, Crystal Carter took a deep breath as she walked toward the red “for rent” sign.
Separated by Design
Shaded by tall oak trees, the three-story duplex looked cozy. The first floor siding was painted yellow, with white railings leading to the front door. The windows appeared new, the lawn freshly cut.
Although the property was in Barry Square, on the edge of a struggling area in southern Hartford, the family outside buoyed Carter’s spirits. Four children giggled in a recliner in the front yard, singing along to the radio while their father packed a moving truck. Across the street were Trinity College’s dignified brick pillars, the entry to the elite school’s 100-acre campus.