A car crash into a utility pole caused a fire at a Naugatuck pizza restaurant early Saturday morning.
Police say that just after 2 a.m., a Toyota Scion driven by 27-year-old Timothy Chapman, was traveling southbound on Cherry Street when he failed to negotiate a curve in the roadway and hit a guide wire then utility pole.
As a result of the crash and the damage to the utility pole, a fire broke out at Mario’s Pizza at 123 Cherry Street.
The crash and fire then resulted in the closure of the road, the evacuation of surrounding buildings and a power outage in the area.
Utility crews were on scene working to repair the pole and restore power.
Chapman was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries but no one else was injured.
The cause of the collision remains under investigation.
