WATERTOWN, CT — A fire that tore through a Watertown home last week has claimed the lives of a mother and daughter, according to police.
Fire crews responded to a home on Pleasantview Avenue in the Oakville section of town shortly before 4 a.m. on May 2. They arrived to find the house fully engulfed in flames with a collapsed roof.
After extinguishing the fire, responders discovered the bodies of 70-year-old Linda Dabramo and her daughter, 40-year-old Dana Dabramo, inside the home. Police confirmed the women were the sole occupants of the residence.
The cause of the fire and the circumstances of their deaths remain under investigation.
Local and state fire marshals are working with Watertown Police and the Waterbury State’s Attorney’s Office to determine how the fire started and how the victims died.