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Multiple Lightning Strikes Damage Homes In Trumbull Multiple Lightning Strikes Damage Homes In Trumbull
Multiple Lightning Strikes Damage Homes In Trumbull Some Fairfield County residents received quite a scare on Wednesday morning, when lightning rained down from the skies, striking several area structures and a car. Members of the Nichols Fire Department were dispatched to Round Ridge Trail in Trumbull shortly after midnight on Wednesday, Jan. 9, where there was a report of a lightning strike and the smell of smoke in a local home. According to Nichols Fire Chief Andrew Kingsbury, the initial call was followed by several other reports of lightning strikes on Round Ridge Trail and Hillandale Terrace. In total, Kingsbury said that two homes a…

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by Zak Failla
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Raging Fire Heavily Damages Home In Trumbull Raging Fire Heavily Damages Home In Trumbull
Raging Fire Heavily Damages Home In Trumbull A Trumbull home was heavily damaged Tuesday during a blaze that firefighters at first thought a resident was trapped inside. The blaze was reported to the Trumbull Center Fire Department around 3:45 p.m. Tuesday at 14 Chatham Drive for a possible structure fire, said officials with the Trumbull Volunteer Fire Company No. 1. While en route, responding units, including Long Hill and Nichols fire companies, were advised that an occupant may be trapped inside. First arriving units were met with heavy fire venting through first-floor windows spreading to the second floor., the department said. …

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by Kathy Reakes