Officials say the multiunit apartment’s fifth floor sprinkler system contained the fire before crews arrived at the scene, located at 1630 Main Street.
Crews said the fire was contained to one apartment and they made sure the fire was promptly extinguished.
The fire displaced two families who were given temporary shelter by a CT Transit bus. The American Red Cross is working to assist the displaced families.
Officials say no one was injured and the incident is under investigation.
Firefighters were dispatched around 2 p.m. to the hospital at 2800 Main St. in response to a fire alarm, according to Tiadora Josef, Bridgeport’s director of public information.
Josef said the responding crews arrived to find the aftermath of a small fire in an operating room that has been extinguished by an automatic sprinkler. She said the crews confirmed the fire was out and has not spread.
Building officials then shut the sprinkler head off and maintenance crews began cleaning up the residual water, Josef said.
Josef said no injuries were reported and the building was not evacuated. She said the operating room was not in use at the time of the fire and the fire marshal’s office is investigating the cause of the blaze.
Firefighters were alerted to the fire at Unitex by the fire alarm. The business on S. Satellite Road is a laundry service.
Crews found heavy smoke in the building. Firefighters said there was no visibility in the building, which made finding the fire difficult, but the sprinkler system was activated.
According to fire officials, the fire was found in a pile of laundry. It was put out quickly and was contained to the area.
The crews aired out the remaining smoke and have overhauled the affected area.
The gas and electricity have been temporarily turned off at the building.
The fire marshal is working to determine if the business can reopen.
Emergency crews were called for an electrical fire at the Suffield Academy on North Main Street on Tuesday morning.
It was caused by a faulty power strip, school officials said.
Chief Financial Officer Patrick Booth told Channel 3 that it was minor and that everyone was evacuated and safe.
At 11:41 a.m., New London firefighters responded to a call for a kitchen fire in apartment B7 in Jefferson Commons, 432 Jefferson Ave., Battalion Chief Mark Waters said.
When firefighters arrived, they evacuated the family, and cleared smoke and water from the apartment, he said.
The American Red Cross provided assistance to the family and caseworkers will be working with them to come up with a long-term recovery plan.
The fire had been controlled by the apartment’s sprinkler system, he said. Crews were at the scene for about half-an-hour.
The fire caused damage to the stove, cabinets and range hood, as well as smoke damage to the ceiling, Waters said, adding that repairs will have to be made.
Waters said the cause of the fire is being investigated by the fire marshal’s office.
A Manchester restaurant will be closed for repairs after a fire broke out early Saturday morning.
Firefighters responded to La Plazita de Mofongo, located at 425 Broad St., about 12:18 a.m Saturday and found fire and smoke throughout the restaurant, according to the Manchester Fire Department.
Firefighters found that a sprinkler system had partially extinguished a blaze in the kitchen. The rest of the fire was quickly brought under control and no injuries were reported, the fire department said.
The restaurant, billed as “a little part of Puerto Rico located in the heart of Manchester” on its social media pages, will be closed until repairs can be made.
“Dear customers, I regret to inform you that we will be closed at the moment for reasons beyond our control,” the restaurant team said in a statement on their Facebook page.
“Thank you for your support and we will work hard to open and provide you with the service and quality you deserve,” the statement said.
The fire marshal’s office was investigating the fire.
The fire appears to have started shortly after 3 p.m. in an unoccupied third-floor unit that was used for storage. The sprinkler system extinguished the fire and led to water streaming in to the floors below, according to The New London Day.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
