Montville, Conn. (WTNH) - Oakdale Pizza. "Unbelieveable. Crews were on the scene on " Chapel Hill Road in the There was a huge response by Oakville section of town for fire departments from miles most of the morning. around, but no fire hydrants This was a tough fire to meant they had to bring water fight. There are no hydrants in tanker trucks. Getting in this part of town. A those trucks there took washed out bridge slowed down longer because they had to response time. That meant a take a 6-mile detour around lot of damage to businesses the Oxoboxo Bridge. It was in this shopping center. damaged by floodwater in Someone driving by around 1 a. March and still hasn't been m. noticed flames in one repaired. storefront in the Oakdale "The bridge is closed which Plaza. Within minutes, the made a big difference for fire spread up into the mutual aid," Messer said. shared roof area. "They actually had to go "Within half an hour pretty around to get here, so that much the whole complex was slowed them down getting the engulfed," Lt. Micah Messer water here." of the Oakdale Fire That water came too late to Department said. "Most of the save Dottie's business. She's businesses are lost. There's not sure what she'll do now. about nine businesses, eight "I don't know," Yaworski of them are heavily damaged said. "Find me a rich man and or gone." get married, I guess, so I "I just bought brand new bar won't have to work." stools - well, my son did, Insurance? him and I - brand new coolers. "No, I was supposed to go for Brand new everything." my insurance [Tuesday]," Yaworski was two weeks from Yaworski said. opening a bar and café. Her Yaworski says in her café, business is where the flames the gas was not turned on yet, seemed to start. Next door nothing was plugged in, so was Oakdale Pizza, an she can't figure out how the institution around here since fire could have started in 1974. there. That's why the State "My kids and my wife, we work Police Fire Marshal's office really hard at that pizza is here to investigate a house and now it's all gone," cause. said Simo Fotiadis, owner of
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