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Woman, 56, Dies In Fire

HFD, Brad Young Photos

Scenes from Thursday evening’s fire.

A 56-year-old woman lost her life in a fire in Hamden Thursday night.

The fire occurred at the apartment building at 95 Kaye Vue Plaza.

Firefighters got the call at 8:20 p.m. They arrived to find heavy fire coming from a third-floor window,” according to a release issued Friday by Fire Marshal Brian Dolan. Firefighters quickly advanced a hose line up the stairwell to the third-floor apartment, where they encountered a heavy fire and smoke condition.” The fire had begun in the apartment’s living room.

Meanwhile, other firefighters searched the apartments. They rescued a 21-year-old man from a third-floor apartment; paramedics treated him on scene for smoke inhalation.

They found the 56-year-old woman, Cherie Adamczyk, in a first-floor apartment. They carried her outside and administered CPR; then an ambulance crew took her to Yale New Haven Hospital, where Adamczyk would sadly succumb to the burn injuries and smoke inhalation she suffered,” Dolan reported.

Firefighters from Bethany, Cheshire, New Haven, North Branford, and North Haven came to town to cover for the Hamden firefighters extinguishing the blaze. The town declared nine apartments uninhabitable because of the fire, smoke and water damage; Hamden Community Services and the Red Cross are helping the occupants find other lodging.

The Hamden Fire Marshal’s office is investigating the origin of the fire with the help of the State Police Fire and Explosion Investigation Unit.

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