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Home Fire Leaves Four Displaced In Stratford Home Fire Leaves Four Displaced In Stratford
Home Fire Leaves Four Displaced In Stratford A multi-family house fire Sunday left four people displaced due to smoke and fire damage, according to Stratford Fire Chief Robert McGrath.Quick action by firefighters who responded to the fire around 10:30 a.m. at 812 Surf Ave., were able to contain the blaze to the first-floor, McGrath said. A couple of surrounding units received minor smoke and water damage. All 12 residents of the building were evacuated safely, but four residents from the first floor requested help with lodgings, he added. McGrath said the fire appears to be accidental but is still under investigation. No one was inj…

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Police & Fire
Bridgeport Fire Displaces Four on Pembroke Street Bridgeport Fire Displaces Four on Pembroke Street
Bridgeport Fire Displaces Four on Pembroke Street BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — Four people were displaced — and one dog was rescued — while firefighters battled a two-alarm blaze at a Pembroke Street building Wednesday, according to the Connecticut Post. Fire personnel were on the scene for hours after the afternoon call of smoke in a storefront on the ground floor of the building between Ogden and Stillman streets, the Post said. The fire, which was buried in a wall, eluded firefighters at first and did significant damage to the first and second floors, the Post said. The American Red Cross was helping the four displaced residents, who were not h…

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