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The Milford Daily News FRANKLIN — Fire officials say a lighting strike sparked a blaze that significantly damaged a multifamily home at 71 North Park St. early Thursday morning. The home was hit by lightning shortly before 4 a.m. as a storm blew through the region.  “They actually heard a loud bang,” Fire Chief James McLaughlin said of the four residents in the home. “It woke them up.” One of the residents soon saw smoke coming from the roof and attic and called 911, said McLaughlin. All four residents were able to escape; however, a cat died in the blaze, the chief said.

Country Gazette FRANKLIN — Fire officials say a lightning strike sparked a blaze that significantly damaged a multifamily home at 71 North Park St. early on July 8. The home was hit by lightning shortly before 4 a.m. as a storm blew through the region.  “They actually heard a loud bang,” Fire Chief James McLaughlin said of the four residents in the home. “It woke them up.” One of the residents soon saw smoke coming from the roof and attic and called 911, said McLaughlin. All four residents were able to escape; however, a cat died in the blaze, the chief said. Fire crews encount...

Government officials join the pros in live burn exercise Wicked Local MILFORD — When Franklin Town Councilor Robert Dellorco showed up for a fire on Monday in Milford, he didn't expect to be handed a set of bunker gear, told to suit up and be sent into a burning building. "I thought I was going to be more of a spectator," he confided after emerging from the smoke. Dellorco wasn't the only nonprofessional to plunge into the blaze, which quickly transformed into a storm of hot, clinging black smoke. U.S. Rep. Jake Auchincloss and state Rep. Jeff Roy, D-Franklin, also climbed into turnout ge...