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.
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.
