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Nine Displaced After Fire Breaks Out At Multi-Family CT Home Nine Displaced After Fire Breaks Out At Multi-Family CT Home
Nine Displaced After Fire Breaks Out At Multi-Family CT Home Three families were left homeless following a fire at a multi-family Connecticut home. The fire took place around 8:30 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 20, at 207 Jefferson Street in Hartford at a multi-family home located in the city’s Frog Hollow neighborhood.  Firefighters responded to a report of smoke in the building and encountered heavy smoke upon arrival, said the City of Hartford Fire Department. Firefighters worked quickly to extinguish the fire and declared it under control within 26 minutes, the department said. All occupants made it out safely.  There were no firefighter or c…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
One Killed, Two Rescued In Two-Alarm Fire At CT Multi-Family Home One Killed, Two Rescued In Two-Alarm Fire At CT Multi-Family Home
One Killed, Two Rescued In Two-Alarm Fire At CT Multi-Family Home One person was killed and two others seriously injured during a fire in a multi-family home in Connecticut. The New Haven Fire Department received word of the two-alarm fire around 2 a.m., Monday, Jan. 4, at 151 Saltonstall Ave., in New Haven, said the New Haven Fire Department. When firefighters arrived on the scene they found a large working fire, with three people trapped on the top floor of the three-story building, the department said. Firefighters were able to safely rescue two of the people using a ladder, but the third person, a woman, did not make it, they added. "Members of Whit…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Trailers Full Of 4,000 Pounds Of Bleach, Vegetables Catch Fire In CT Trailers Full Of 4,000 Pounds Of Bleach, Vegetables Catch Fire In CT
Trailers Full Of 4,000 Pounds Of Bleach, Vegetables Catch Fire In CT Four tractor-trailers packed full of bleach and vegetables were damaged by fire and one firefighter was taken to the hospital at an area truck stop. The fire began around 1:55 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 17, at the Pilot Travel Center on Old Gate Lane in Milford, said the Milford Fire Department. Responding firefighters found two tractor-trailers on fire and two other trailers nearby.  The diesel fuel in the trucks was also involved in the fire. One of the trailers on fire.Milford Fire Department/Facebook Crews pulled numerous fire hoses and used foam to stop the fire from spreading and to e…

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by Kathy Reakes
Obituaries
Tech Entrepreneur Tony Hsieh, 46, Dies From Injuries In CT House Fire Tech Entrepreneur Tony Hsieh, 46, Dies From Injuries In CT House Fire
Tech Entrepreneur Tony Hsieh, 46, Dies From Injuries In CT House Fire Tony Hsieh, the retired CEO of online shoe and clothing retailer Zappos, died at age 46 from injuries sustained in a fire at a Connecticut home. The blaze broke out on Wednesday, Nov. 18 in New London,  and Hsieh died from his injuries on Friday, Nov. 27 at Bridgeport Hospital with his family by his side, according to KLAS 8 News Now in Las Vegas, where Zappos' headquarters is located. Hsieh retired as Zappos CEO in August 2020 after 21 years. Before joining Zappos, he sold LinkExchange, an Internet advertising network, to Microsoft in 1998 for $265 million. Hsieh, a Harvard graduate …

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Fire: Internationally Famous Western Mass Performance Space Burns Fire: Internationally Famous Western Mass Performance Space Burns
Fire: Internationally Famous Western Mass Performance Space Burns A fire has broken out at a nationally significant performance space in Western Massachusetts. The fire began sometime Tuesday, Nov. 17. at Jacob's Pillow on George Cotter Road in the southern Berkshires community of Becket. It was blazing as of 10 a.m. The fire consumed the Doris Duke Theater, the Berkshire Eagle reported. Jacob's Pillow is the oldest, internationally-acclaimed summer dance festival in the U.S., according to the dance company's and performing arts space's website.  Among firefighters beating back the flames in Becket is the Monterey Fire Department. It is unkno…

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by Kristin Palpini
Police & Fire
Many People Injured During Fire In 6-Story Apartment Building Many People Injured During Fire In 6-Story Apartment Building
Many People Injured During Fire In 6-Story Apartment Building Many residents and emergency responders were injured during a fire in a six-story apartment building Wednesday, Sept. 30. In all nearly a dozen people were injured including a firefighter who received first-degree burns. Four people were displaced by the blaze. On Wednesday at around 2:30 p.m., Hamden Firefighters responded to a two-alarm fire at 680 Mix Ave., the Broadmoor Apartments in Hamden, firefighters said. Four police officers arrived on the scene first and began evacuating residents from the building, firefighters said. The officers were later treated on the scene for smoke inhala…

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by Kristin Palpini
Police & Fire
Parking Lot Full Of Cars In Flames; Cause Unknown Parking Lot Full Of Cars In Flames; Cause Unknown
Parking Lot Full Of Cars In Flames; Cause Unknown Firefighters responded to a report of a parking lot full of cars on fire Saturday, Sept. 5 in Hartford County. Berlin Firefighters responded to 525 Christian Lane at around 1:20 a.m. for reports of numerous automobiles on fire within the locked storage lot, Copart - an online vehicle auction firm. When they arrived 15-20 motor vehicles were fully involved in a fire, firefighters said.  It took more than three hours to clear the scene. Four local fire departments - New Britain, Kensington, Cromwell, and the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection- came together …

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by Kristin Palpini
News
Cause Of Massive Fire At Rachael Ray's Upstate NY Home Revealed As TV Host Reflects On Blaze Cause Of Massive Fire At Rachael Ray's Upstate NY Home Revealed As TV Host Reflects On Blaze
Cause Of Massive Fire At Rachael Ray's Upstate NY Home Revealed As TV Host Reflects On Blaze Authorities have revealed where the massive fire that broke out in the upstate New York home of TV host Rachael Ray began. The celebrity chef, her husband John Cusimano, her mother Elsa Scuderi, and the family’s dog, Bella Boo, were in their Lake Luzerne house, located in Warren County in the Adirondacks, on Sunday, Aug. 9, when the fire broke. It left the main house on the property with extensive damage. Ray had been taping her show from the home, located about 60 miles north of Albany, since April due to the COVID-19 outbreak with Cusimano producing and operating the camera. Crews f…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Firefighters Battling Connecticut Landfill Blaze Firefighters Battling Connecticut Landfill Blaze
Firefighters Battling Connecticut Landfill Blaze Firefighters are battling a blaze that broke out at the Manchester landfill Thursday, Aug. 20, sometime before 7:30 a.m. The fire has spread to brush and debris, Manchester firefighters said. The Westside of Manchester will likely see a lot of smoke, the firefighters said. There are currently no health concerns, but putting out the fire will likely take a while, firefighters said. It is not yet clear what started the fire. This story is being updated. 

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by Kristin Palpini
Police & Fire
Hartford Family Displaced By Westland Street House Fire Hartford Family Displaced By Westland Street House Fire
Hartford Family Displaced By Westland Street House Fire A Hartford family has been displaced following a fire that destroyed their Westland Street home Saturday, July 25, The fire was reported at about 9:30 p.m. About 20 minutes later, Hartford Fire called out for mutual assistance to a two-family home at 235 Westland St. Only one of the two units was occupied, fire officials said. No injuries were reported in the incident, the Hartford Fire Department said. The home is uninhabitable. The cause of the fire is under investigation. 

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by Kristin Palpini