Ten people are displaced after a fire broke out at the 400 block of Washington Avenue in Bridgeport.
At around 5:30 p.m., the Bridgeport Fire Department responded to a fire alarm.
Upon arrival, firefighters located heavy smoke conditions after the fire was extinguished in one unit by the sprinkler system.
Nine units were affected, displacing ten people.
There were no reported injuries.
The American Red Cross is working to help those who were displaced.
Fire crews responded to an alarm at the Raymond Miller Gardens on the 400 block of Main Street at 11:27 a.m. There, they found smoke coming from a second-floor apartment due to a small fire in a trash can, according to Assistant Fire Chief Eric Munsell.
The fire was kept small by a sprinkler and extinguished within seconds by responding firefighters with minimal damage, Munsell said. According to the fire marshal, the fire was caused by “smoking material” being discarded in the trash can.
No residents were injured from the fire, but the sprinkler did cause water damage in several apartments, and has displaced four residents in four apartments while the East Hartford Housing Authority works to restore the apartments, Munsell said.
According to the Hartford Fire Department, crews responded to a report of a working fire at an apartment building on Wethersfield Avenue in the city’s South End neighborhood just before 6 p.m. on Monday.
At the scene, the crews found fire in a second-floor apartment that had been partially contained by the building’s sprinkler system. The crews had the fire under control shortly after arriving.
No injuries to civilians or firefighters have been reported. The Hartford Fire Department’s Special Services Unit and the American Red Cross are assisting the 14 people who were displaced.
A bedroom fire was contained on Sunday morning in New Haven, according to the fire department.
Fire officials received a call for an odor of smoke around 10 a.m. at a home on Park Street.
Arriving crews encountered a fire in a bedroom that was being held in check by a sprinkler system.
Firefighters contained the fire and no injuries were reported.
The fire is under investigation.
Firefighters were called to an automatic fire alarm at a commercial building on Sacket Point Road on Saturday around 5:30 p.m. Additional firefighters from surrounding towns were also brought in.
Once inside, firefighters said they found heavy smoke conditions throughout the building and found a machine on fire.
The sprinkler system activated and helped to slow the spread of the fire.
The building was not occupied at the time of the fire and no injuries were reported.
Fire officials said business operations are temporarily impacted due to equipment damage that is pending repairs, but the offices remain open.
Investigators said the equipment and damages are estimated to be about $100,000.
A fire broke out at Central Animal Hospital on Sunday night.
Crews responded to Devine Street around 9:15 p.m. for the report of a dryer fire and heavy smoke at the animal hospital.
The animal hospital says the fire was quickly contained thanks to their sprinkler system and the efforts of the North Haven Fire Department.
They say the damage from the fire was minimal. No patients were ever near the fire.
During the evacuation, an incoming ER patient arrived in cardiac tamponade.
“Without hesitation, our medical staff set up a makeshift treatment area and performed life-saving measures, ultimately stabilizing the patient under extreme conditions,” the hospital said.
Thankfully, damage to the hospital was limited to a small section. The hospital remains open.
No further information was released.
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.