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Firefighter Killed Battling CT House Fire ID'd; Flags Ordered To Half-Staff Firefighter Killed Battling CT House Fire ID'd; Flags Ordered To Half-Staff
Firefighter Killed Battling CT House Fire ID'd; Flags Ordered To Half-Staff Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont has directed all United States and state flags lowered to half-staff to honor New Haven firefighter Ricardo Torres, Jr. who died battling a house fire on Wednesday morning. First responders were dispatched to a two-family home on Valley Street at approximately 12:45 a.m. on Wednesday, May 12, where a two-alarm fire broke out, officials announced. Original story - Firefighter Killed, One Critically Injured Battling CT House Blaze Firefighters were able to rescue two occupants inside the home, with one woman taken to the hospital for treatment due to smoke in…