Connecticut mansion engulfed in flames on Thanksgiving as residents fried turkey inside garage

A $3 million mansion in a high-end Connecticut neighborhood met a fiery demise on Thanksgiving when the home was inundated in flames from a turkey frying inside a garage.

Heart-pounding images captured the raging inferno surrounding the Weston home just after 3:40 p.m. on Thursday as firefighters rushed to contain the fire.

Firefighters were alerted to the blaze by an automatic fire alarm on Weston Road before several 911 calls were made about a garage fire.

“When we arrived, the whole garage end of the house was on fire – like a third of the house,” Weston Volunteer Fire Department Chief John Pokorny told CT Insider.

Immense heat prohibited firefighters from getting too close to fight the blaze.

The fast-spreading flames ignited in the garage before accelerating into the rest of the home.

“It accelerated really rapidly,” Pokorny said.

First responders set up water supplies running to the home.

A water supply hose was damaged when a car drove over it, stopping the water flow for several minutes.

“We had great water supply,” Pokorny added. “Really, the issue was the fire had progressed so much by the time we arrived on scene.

The 10,000-square-foot abode worth approximately $2.8 million had been hosting close to 25 people for the holiday when the blaze occurred, the outlet reported.

No injuries were reported as everyone inside had escaped, but the house was ruled uninhabitable, officials said Friday.

The luxury home was left in ruins as piles of burnt wood and furniture piled together leaving just a few barely standing walls.

The remaining identifiable portion of the home was the exterior deck which was only partially burnt, according to photos obtained by Weston Today.

The 11-bedroom, 9-and-a-half-bath home was built in 1998 on a 2.07-acre lot overlooking Held Pond in Fairfield County, 17 miles west of Bridgeport, according to a property listing.

Firefighters battled the fire for 16 hours with assistance from several departments that were called in throughout the day.

Several obstacles including dangerous fire conditions and structural collapse thwarted the department’s attempts at an “aggressive” attack on the fire.

Officials believe the blaze stemmed from the residents frying a turkey inside the home’s garage, but have not revealed an official cause.

While the fire had been put out, firefighters were at the decimated home Friday putting out hotspots.

“You get pieces of debris and it’s burning underneath and the water from the top just doesn’t get to it,” Pokorny explained of the hotspots.

One local business employee said she was saddened to learn about the fire, but optimistic it happened after rain soaked the area.

“The whole area would have been a tinderbox,” Chandler Vinton told CT Insider.

States along the eastern seaboard saw hundreds of wildfires break out in November because of an “unprecedented” drought.

New Jersey faced several fires including the “Big Rusty Wildfire” in Hainesport and the “Jennings Creek Fire” on the New York border.

Brooklyn’s Prospect Park also caught on fire destroying two acres of land.