Early morning house fire in Granby

GRANBY, Conn. (WTNH)-- It looks like a wood stove may be to blame for an early morning house fire in Granby.

It was frigid. Temperatures in the single digits, when fire sparked inside the home at 282 North Granby Road.

The mother, father and two children got out, but then the dad ran back inside, trying to rescue the family's pets.

He ended up hospitalized for smoke inhalation, as well as one other person.

"He had gone back in to try and rescue his dogs. As far as we know, they didn't make it out," said Assistant Fire Chief Dave Sprafke, of the Lost Acres Fire Department.

Fire officials say the woodstove was in use at the time of the fire.

"But it looks like it was probably started in the chimney fire. Unfortunately, when we have the kind of weather we have had over the last week, this is what is going to happen. People are really going to be pushing their woodstove and fireplaces, etcetera," said Sprafke.
 
The flames did extensive damage. It turns out, a fire broke out at this same house, some twenty years ago .

The investigation is in the early stages.