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Friday, mar 7
Police & Fire
Norwalk Fire Destroys Truck, Sends One Firefighter To ER
A pickup truck and some fertilizer were destroyed during a structure fire in Norwalk that sent one firefighter to the emergency room. The fire took place around 9:27 a.m., Friday, July 19, at 320 Martin Luther King Drive at the Tough Lawn business, said Norwalk Fire Department Deputy Chief Todd Smith. When firefighters arrived on the scene, they found a fire inside the garage with the cab of a pickup truck fully on fire, the department. Next to the vehicle were pallets of fertilizer with pesticides. The sprinkler system of the building activated and controlled the fire while firefig…
Police & Fire
Reward Offered In Silver Sands State Park Fire
A reward is being offered for help in locating the person or people who intentionally set fire to several storage containers at Silver Sands State Park in Milford following a devasting fire that destroyed a $9.1 million park expansion. According to the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, investigators have determined the Sunday, March 24, fire in storage containers at Silver Sands State Park was intentionally set, said DEEP spokesman Lee Sawyer. In an effort to get someone to step forward, a $2,500 reward is being offered, Sawyer said. The fire started around 7:20 a.m.…
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Know Him? Police Look To ID Suspected 'FireBug'
Stratford Police are asking the public for help identifying a man who is suspected of setting a garbage can on fire at a local gas station. The incident took place around 4 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 10, two days before the devasting Shakespeare Theater fire, at the gas station on the corner of Stratford and Beardsley avenues, said Stratford Det. Glen McGlynn. The man, a suspected firebug, was seen dancing in front of the flames before he fled the area, police said. Coincidentally, another fire was set just two hours later in the back of B.J.'s where a pile of lumber was set ablaze, McGly…
Police & Fire
Fire Breaks Out At Trumbull Home
Firefighters were able to contain a garage fire, saving a Trumbull home in the process. The fire broke out around 11 p.m. at the home on Glenwood Drive in Trumbull on Thursday, Feb. 21, Long Hill Volunteer Fire officials said on Facebook. First arriving crews reported a heavy fire in the garage, which contained a Lexus SUV and a Porsche, and declared a working fire, the department said. Long Hill crews were able to quickly knock down the fire, and as a result, the home only received smoke damage. Members of the Long Hill Volunteer Fire CompanyLong Hill Volunteer Fire Company The famil…
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Cat Saved After Fire Breaks Out In Trumbull House
Firefighters managed to save a cat during a large garage fire at a single-story Trumbull home. The fire took place around 4 p.m. Monday, Dec. 10, at a home on Hedgehog Road, said the Trumbull Fire Department. The first firefighters on scene found a home with an attached garage with an intense fire, the department said on Facebook. As crews attacked the flames, another group completed a primary search through the residence and safely rescued a cat, which was uninjured. Trumbull firefighters rescued a cat during a garage fire on Monday.Trumbull Volunteer Fire Department/Facebook "All o…
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Four Firefighters Injured After Blaze Breaks Out At Fairfield County Home
Four Stratford firefighters were injured fighting a Canaan Road house fire early Tuesday, according to the Stratford Fire Department. Shortly after midnight, the department responded to 361 Canaan Road to find the rear of a three-story, multi-family dwelling engulfed in fire, said Deputy Chief, Fire Marshall Brain Lampart. "Firefighters worked for nearly two-and-a-half hours under the command of Assistant Chief Camperlengo to extinguish the very stubborn fire," said Lampart. Lampart said six people were displaced from fire and water damaged to three apartments. All five engine …
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House Fire In Bridgeport May Have Been Intentionally Set
Bridgeport fire officials are working with the State Fire Marshal's lab and local detectives to determine if a house fire was set intentionally. The fire, at 1367 Reservoir Ave., which started at 2:30 a.m. Sunday, was on the outside of the building when crews arrived but threatening to spread inside the home, said Deputy Chief Ron Rolfe said. Rolfe said the department had taken samples from around the fire debris area to send to the state lab to look for accelerates after crews found evidence that suggests the fire was started on purpose. "This is a slow process and could take severa…
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Suspicious Bridgeport House Fire Under Investigation
Authorities are investigating a suspicious full first-alarm house fire early Sunday morning in Bridgeport that may have been intentionally set. Just before 2:30 a.m., the Bridgeport Fire Department was dispatched to a reported structure fire at 1367 Reservoir Ave. Upon arrival, units found fire on the outside of the building threating to extend to the interior, said Ron Rolfe, Bridgeport FD deputy chief, who noted that quick operations by the members of the department held the damage to the exterior. "Our Fire Marshal Division is working with Bridgeport Police to investigate the fir…
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