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Outdoor Electrical Fire Damages Fairfield County Home Outdoor Electrical Fire Damages Fairfield County Home
Outdoor Electrical Fire Damages Fairfield County Home A Fairfield County home was damaged during an outdoor electrical fire. The Westport Fire Department Emergency Communications Center received a report of a house fire on Compo Road South at 12:45 pm Thursday, Aug. 5, said Fire Chief Robert Yost.  The residents of the home, including two children, were able to evacuate before the fire department responded. First arriving units reported an electrical fire on the outside of the house from the electrical service drop, Yost said. The interior of the house was checked, and no fire was found inside.  Firefighters&nb…
Fire At Substation Leads To Thousands Of Power Outages In Fairfield County Fire At Substation Leads To Thousands Of Power Outages In Fairfield County
Fire At Substation Leads To Thousands Of Power Outages In Fairfield County Around 13,000 lost power after a fire broke out at a substation in Norwalk. The electrical fire at the New Canaan Avenue power substation in Norwalk began just after 7:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 24.  Upon firefighters' arrival, heavy flames were visible from an elevated switch gear cabinet that controls a 13,800-volt transmission line, the Norwalk Fire Department said.  Eversource technicians were on scene immediately to start the process of shutting down the adjacent gear switches, so the firefighters could safely operate and extinguish the fire, according to the fire department. Fir…
Fire Severely Damages Waterside Stamford Home Fire Severely Damages Waterside Stamford Home
Fire Severely Damages Waterside Stamford Home A fire that began in a bedroom devastated a waterside home in Stamford, officials said. Stamford Fire Department say they responded at 5:41 p.m. Thursday, May 23 to a report of a house fire at 513 Fairfield Avenue.  Upon arrival, firefighters found a two-and-a-half- story wood frame two-family duplex house with smoke coming from the second floor said Stamford Fire Department's report. The residents had evacuated and reported that a bedroom on the second floor was burning Firefighters stretched a handline to the burning bedroom and quickly controlled the fire befor…