Sixteen Injured in Connecticut Fire

WATERBURY, Conn. --

Fire officials said smoke detectors may have saved the lives of more than a dozen people in Waterbury.

Sixteen people were rushed to the hospital early Tuesday morning after a massive fire at an apartment building on Pearl Street.

Four people, including two children, are still being treated.

The fire department told NBC 30 that the victims survived because there were working smoke detectors in the home.

The building has been torn down.

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