AVON, CT. (WWLP) - One person died in an apartment fire in Avon, Connecticut. Detectives looking for missing Chicopee woman possibly driving Nissan SUV with Connecticut plates The fire happened on Wednesday at 3:45 p.m. on Avonwood Road at the Avon Place Apartments. Officials say they saw fire and smoke coming out of a unit on the first floor. The Avon Police Department said an elderly woman was found dead in that unit. No other injuries were reported, and the majority of the residents have been allowed back in their apartments. The cause of the fire is being investigated by the Avon Fire Marshal’s Office and the State Police Fire Unit Local News Headlines Crews work to repair water main break on Shattuck Road in Russell Man charged in Old Saybrook boat crash that killed 3 people Healey warns Trump tariffs will spark price increases House looking for “detailed answers” on shelter system WWLP-22News, an NBC affiliate, began broadcasting in March 1953 to provide local news, network, syndicated, and local programming to western Massachusetts. Watch the 22News Digital Edition weekdays at 4 p.m. on WWLP.com.