Police identify woman killed along with dog in house fire in Bristol
Police have identified the woman who died in a house fire at a new development in Bristol last Thursday.
Firefighters responded to a ranch-style home at 105 Pequabuck St. just before 9:20 a.m. on Feb. 22 on a two-alarm structure fire and found heavy smoke showing, according to Richard Hart, chief of the Bristol Fire Department. Crews also received reports that someone was inside the house, Hart said.
The first companies on the scene entered the home and encountered a “large body of fire,” according to Hart. They found a woman, identified Monday as 65-year-old Elizabeth Perera, in the kitchen area and pulled her out of the home before rendering her first aid, Hart said. No other people were in the home.
When medics arrived they pronounced Perera dead at the scene, according to Hart. The cause of death is pending an autopsy, Hart said Monday.
A dog was also killed in the fire, according to Hart.
Hart said crews were able to get the fire under control in about 20 minutes. The blaze was “90% interior” and extended a bit to the porch, he said.
The house sustained a “severe amount of damage,” according to Hart.
According to property records, the home was built in 2021 and was part of a development about a mile away from the Terryville town line.
The cause and origin of the fire are still under investigation by the Bristol Fire Marshal, Hart said Monday.
Information from Courant reporter Justin Muszynski was used in this story.