Fire Destroys Part of Paul Newman’s Camp for Ill Children

An early evening fire destroyed several buildings at The Hole In The Wall Gang Camp in Ashford, Conn., on Feb. 12, 2021. Mark Mirko/Hartford Courant via AP

A fire on Friday evening destroyed a large section of Paul Newman’s Hole in the Wall Gang Camp for seriously ill children in Connecticut.

Jimmy Canton, the chief executive of the camp in Ashford, said it appears no one was injured in the blaze, which was reported to fire officials through an automatic fire alarm just before 5 p.m. He said buildings housing the camp’s store and arts and crafts, woodshop, and cooking programs were destroyed.