Firefighters from Newtown and surrounding areas, including Southbury were called to a Newtown barn fire on Main Street, which extended to a two-family house before being extinguished. No one was injured but the barn at 46 Main St. burned to the ground and the house at 4 East St. is heavily damaged. Two families, consisting of six people, have been displaced. Listen to Newtown Hook and Ladder Fire Chief Jason Rivera talk about what happened.

Read more about what residents who lived next to the barn and in the house had to say: Fire Destroys Historic Main Street Barn, House Next-Door