BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — The city of Bridgeport is settling a lawsuit filed by a Vietnamese immigrant whose young family was killed in a 2005 apartment fire.

The Connecticut Post reports (http://bit.ly/WW0dRJ) that the amount of the settlement with Rinh Thach wasn’t available Thursday.

Thach’s 35-year-old wife, 14-year-old son and two daughters, ages 11 and 3, were killed in the blaze. Thach had to be dragged away by emergency workers after trying to re-enter the building to save his family.

Subsequent investigation showed the apartment had no smoke detectors, barred windows and that a possible escape route was nailed shut.

Thach sued the city, charging the fire marshal failed to make inspections that could have prevented the deaths. Jury selection was scheduled for March.