UPDATED: Fire Damages Stratford House [VIDEO]

Updated at 3:30 a.m.

The American Red Cross is providing temporary lodging to two people after a fire earlier this evening on Huntington Road in Stratford.

The Red Cross is also providing comfort kits, containing age and gender appropriate personal care items such as toothbrushes, deodorant, shaving supplies and other items a family might not have been able to gather in the rush to escape the fire. Children's kits include a stuffed toy.

American Red Cross disaster assistance is free of charge, a gift made possible by generous donations and the work of volunteers. For more information about the Red Cross and how you can help, visit www.ctredcross.org

The original report follows:

A Stratford homeowner has been displaced by a fire that broke out tonight in a Huntington Road residence.

Neighbors say flames were showing from the front window of the three-story house when firefighters arrived around 6 p.m. The occupant was able to get out of the house, said a neighbor, Laura Towne, who was among a handful of people gathered on the sidewalk as extinguished the fire.

A portion of Huntington Road was closed while emergency crews were on scene. Assistant Fire Chief Murray was incident commander. He was unable to provide information as to the cause of the fire and any other details.

Stratford Patch will update this article when more information is released.