Five Scoops Sweet Shoppe reopens in Torrington, Connecticut, after devastating fire

A local ice cream shop has reopened in a new location six months after a fire forced it to close.

Fire response and evacuations

Five Scoops Sweet Shoppe was one of three businesses forced to close after a fire in Harwinton in May.

Video from inside the burning building showed firefighters attacking flames in the walls.

Owner Leeann Hogan named the shop for her five children, and it became a popular spot in town.

Last Saturday, she reopened Five Scoops on Winsted Road in Torrington.

She is also offering food and plans to grow the menu. “It was devastating, I mean it was devastating.

I put a lot of time and effort into that space,” Hogan said. “It’s my dream to have the ice cream shop.

The new shop serves the same ice cream in a redecorated interior that Hogan says makes customers feel like kids again.