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CT Firefighters Save Home from Spreading Blaze in Minutes
Fire tore through the back patio of a Norwalk home Monday afternoon, melting siding and threatening to engulf the structure before firefighters swiftly brought it under control. Norwalk firefighters responded to 7 Bartlett Manor around 2 p.m., where initial reports indicated the outside of the house was on fire. Crews arrived to find thick smoke and flames consuming a large amount of home furnishings on the back patio. Norwalk Fire Department As firefighters stretched hoses to attack the blaze, they saw flames melting the siding of the 1.5-story Cape Cod-style home, with fire beginning to…
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Dog Dies In CT House Fire That Displaces 2
A dog was killed in a Connecticut house fire early Thursday morning, Jan. 16, despite the efforts of firefighters and its owner, authorities said. Firefighters were called to 17 Dairy Road in Norwalk just after midnight to find two residents desperately trying to extinguish flames to save their family dog. They received minor injuries for their efforts. Crews rushed to help, knocking back flames from the basement spreading into the single-story home above. Norwalk firefighters found the dog amidst the chaos and ran it outside while others attacked the fire, authorities said.&nbs…
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CT Home Destroyed In Blaze Despite Firefighters' Quick Action
Firefighters in Connecticut were able to put out a house fire in about 30 minutes Tuesday morning, Jan. 14, but it wasn't enough to save the structure, officials said. The fire was reported around 8 a.m. at a split-level home on Cindy Lane in Norwalk. Crews arrived to find heavy smoke billowing from the eaves and flames moving through the dining room. Nearly 30 firefighters helped put out the blaze, but authorities ruled the home unfit to live in after the fire, Norwalk officials said. Norwalk Fire Department No one was injured in the blaze. The Norwalk Fire Mars…
Police & Fire
Boat Fire Sends Up Smoke At CT Marina
Firefighters raced to a Connecticut marina after a blaze began inside a boat. The fire began in Middlesex County on Monday, Nov. 25 just before 12:30 p.m., when a boat was seen on fire at a marina in Old Saybrook, according to the Old Saybrook Fire Department. The boat had been on land while being stored for the off-season, firefighters said. The department's fireboat quickly responded to the scene and began fighting the blaze. A video of the incident was posted on the department's Facebook page. At 12:20 the Old Saybrook Fire Dept was dispatched to a report of a boat on f…
Police & Fire
Fire Guts Family Of 5's Home In Hamden
The Red Cross is helping a Connecticut family of five who lost their home in a two-alarm blaze this weekend, authorities said. The fire began just before 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 17, on Country Hills Road in Hamden. Related: Fire Destroys Historic Golf Course In Fairfield County Firefighters arrived to find both floors of the home engulfed in flames. It's unclear what sparked the blaze, but the dry conditions made knocking it down more challenging for the North Haven County firefighters, the Hamden Fire Department said. The Hamden Fire Marshal’s Division is inve…
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Driver Jumps Out Of Passing Car To Help Resident Who Escaped From Seymour House Fire
A Connecticut resident received heavy burns to his head and face while escaping from his burning home. The incident occurred in New Haven County on Lynn Terrace around 6 p.m., Thursday, in Seymour. According to Seymour Fire Marshal Timothy Willis, when firefighters arrived, they found the home fully engulfed in flames and an injured resident who had "self-evacuated." Willis said a Good Samaritan had jumped out of a passing car to help neighbors get the man in his 60s to the ambulance. The unidentified man was transported to the Bridgeport Hospital Burn Unit. His condition was not known on…