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One Dead In CT Fire With Collapse As Crews Battle Intense Flames: Officials One Dead In CT Fire With Collapse As Crews Battle Intense Flames: Officials
One Dead In CT Fire With Collapse As Crews Battle Intense Flames: Officials A raging fire tore through a Trumbull home early Saturday morning, Feb. 8, leaving one resident dead despite firefighters’ efforts to battle the intense blaze. The Long Hill Fire Department, along with Trumbull Center, Nichols, and Monroe Fire Departments, responded to a structure fire on Hitching Post Lane at 3:17 a.m., fire officials said in a news release. Upon arrival, crews were met with heavy flames engulfing the home and a significant structural collapse on the second floor. Firefighters initially launched an exterior attack to control the fire before transitioning inside to conduct …

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by Cecilia Levine
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15 Left Homeless After Fire Guts CT Home Days Before Christmas 15 Left Homeless After Fire Guts CT Home Days Before Christmas
15 Left Homeless After Fire Guts CT Home Days Before Christmas A late-night fire tore through a Connecticut home this week, sending one person to the hospital and displacing 15 people, authorities said.  Hartford firefighters received a 911 call around 4:40 a.m. about the blaze at a multi-family home at 62 Adams Street in the Upper Albany neighborhood.  Flames engulfed the home's first floor when crews arrived, but they were to battle them back and get the fire under control. No firefighters were injured in the incident.  Hartford firefighters extinguished a fire at 62 Adams Street just after 4:30 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 23. Pa…

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by Josh Lanier
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Driver Jumps Out Of Passing Car To Help Resident Who Escaped From CT House Fire Driver Jumps Out Of Passing Car To Help Resident Who Escaped From CT House Fire
Driver Jumps Out Of Passing Car To Help Resident Who Escaped From CT 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…

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by Kathy Reakes