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Firefighters rescue people hanging out window at burning New Haven apartment

Connecticut Public Radio | By Matt Dwyer,
Mark Mirko
Published February 24, 2026 at 5:10 PM EST
Firefighters on scene after putting out a fire at a Mandy Management apartment on Chapel Street in New Haven, Connecticut on February 24, 2026.
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Firefighters on scene after putting out a fire at a Mandy Management apartment on Chapel Street in New Haven, Connecticut on February 24, 2026.

Firefighters rescued three people hanging out of a window during a blaze at a 46-unit apartment building on Chapel Street in New Haven late Tuesday morning.

Acting Fire Chief Dan Coughlin said more people were rescued from inside the five story building.

Displaced residents were given blankets and evacuated to a hotel after their apartment building caught fire on Chapel St. in New Haven on February 24, 2026.
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Displaced residents were given blankets and evacuated to a hotel after their apartment building caught fire on Chapel St. in New Haven on February 24, 2026.

One firefighter was injured in a fall on ice and snow, but everyone got out safely.

"It's just a big structure. There were a lot of people in it. Twenty-two people were evaluated by AMR ambulance. None were transported to the hospital," Coughlin said.

Firefighters had to contend with deep snowbanks around the building, as they dragged hoses inside.

Because of damage, people living in at least one wing of the building will need to find another place to live for now.

The century-old building is known as Winthrop Terrace, the New Haven Independent reported.
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Matt Dwyer is an editor, reporter and midday host for Connecticut Public's news department. He produces local news during All Things Considered.
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Mark Mirko is Deputy Director of Visuals at Connecticut Public and his photography has been a fixture of Connecticut’s photojournalism landscape for the past two decades. Mark led the photography department at Prognosis, an English language newspaper in Prague, Czech Republic, and was a staff-photographer at two internationally-awarded newspaper photography departments, The Palm Beach Post and The Hartford Courant. Mark holds a Masters degree in Visual Communication from Ohio University, where he served as a Knight Fellow, and he has taught at Trinity College and Southern Connecticut State University. A California native, Mark now lives in Connecticut’s quiet-corner with his family, three dogs and a not-so-quiet flock of chickens.
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