A home under construction in New Fairfield has been destroyed by a fire.  Smoke could be seen coming from a structure on Vaughn’s Neck on Candlewood Lake around 8 o'clock yesterday morning.  Brookfield firefighters provided mutual aid to New Fairfield and were on scene at Old Road for nearly two hours. 

(Photo: BVFC)

The area was only really accessible by boat.  Fire and rescue boats from New Fairfield, Brookfield and Sherman responded. 

The single-family home was unattended at the time of the blaze.  A nearby neighbor called in the fire.  The cause of the fire remains under investigation, though the New Fairfield Fire Marshal has determined that it was accidental in nature.