Firefighter hospitalized, residents displaced after fire in Hartford’s south end

HARTFORD — A firefighter was hospitalized and a multi-family home was heavily damaged after a blaze in the city’s south end neighborhood. The Hartford Fire Department responded to reports of flames and smoke in a two-and-a-half story home on 119 Freeman Street at approximately 5 p.m. Firefighters found large flames billowing out of the second floor, towards the rear of the building. Investigators believe it sparked on the porch, and stayed mostly contained to the second floor. One fi