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The New London fire marshal s office and New London Police Department are working to determine the cause and origin of the fire, police said. Authorities have classified the fire as arson.
Police are currently looking to talk to a person of interest, identified as 32-year-old Timothy Settles, in connection with the fire investigation.
Authorities said he was the last person who was at the door of the New London home before the fire started.
Settles is 6-foot, 4-inches tall, weighs 240 pounds and is unshaven and has a scar on his forehead, police said.
He might be driving a white BMW with a New York registration.
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New London A fire late Tuesday severely damaged a multifamily home at 235 Colman St., displacing five residents.
The fire was first reported at 10:30 p.m. and firefighters arrived to find heavy smoke showing from the second floor of the duplex, New London fire Battalion Chief Jeffrey M. Rheaume said.
The fire, contained to the second floor, was under control in less than 15 minutes but the home sustained heavy fire damage on one side and significant smoke damage on the other. Firefighters additionally cut a hole in the roof to ventilate smoke and to control the spread of the fire.