VIDEO: Two firefighters were taken to the hospital after getting injured battling a fire at a grocery store in Hartford early Monday morning.
Officials said the fire broke out shortly before 3 a.m. at a building on Ashley Street. There is a grocery store called Sigourney Market on the first floor and vacant apartments are on the second floor.
Crews at the scene had to go defensively and fight the fire from the outside of the building. At one point, authorities said part of the building collapsed and a storage area is damaged.
The metal roof of the building is making it a challenging fire to put out, fire officials said. It is holding a lot of hot spots and crews are working to extinguish them.
According to officials, two firefighters were taken to St. Francis Hospital to be treated for minor injuries. No civilians were injured.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
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Two parents have died and their baby boy is “fighting for his life” after they were pulled from a burning home Wednesday morning, a family member said.
Alexia Moreno, 25, and her partner Freddie Lawson, 45, died in a house fire at their home at 18 Third St. in Waterbury.
Their son, 17-month-old Nasir, is in critical condition at Yale New Haven Hospital, where he was airlifted following the fire Wednesday, according to family members.
“He is fighting probably the biggest fight of his life,” said Rachele Dean, Moreno’s cousin. “Please pray to whomever you believe in that Nasir can recover.”
Dean remembered Moreno as “a beautiful person and a wonderful woman.”
“She was a beautiful person inside and out; she was an amazing mother and person in general. Her life and all her interests revolved around Nasir, she wanted everything perfect for him,” Dean said.
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Photography, music, travel, nature — firefighter paramedic Raymond (Tim) Nobes knew extensively about all those subjects — and much more, said his friend and colleague Tony Cerulli.
Nobes, 57, died June 22 after a two-year battle with pancreatic cancer. The Newtown resident was a married father of four who graduated from Danbury High School and was a U.S Army veteran.
He worked for the Ridgefield Fire Department for 20 years before retiring in 2021, in addition to serving as an on-staff paramedic for the Brookfield Volunteer Fire Department for nearly two decades where he was awarded honorary chief in May 2022, according to his obituary.
Cerulli, a captain in the Ridgefield Fire Department, said Nobes was knowledgeable about many topics.
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Firefighters were busy early Saturday as two house fires were reported. Both fires occurred in the kitchen and remain under investigation, fire officials said.
The first fire was reported at 3:53 a.m. at 11 William Street. Two adults woke up to heavy
smoke and were able to escape the dwelling and rescue the family cat, fire officials said. Both occupants were treated for moderate smoke inhalation. The second alarm fire was placed under control in 17 minutes.
The second fire was reported at 5:21 a.m. at 17 Daphne Drive. Three adults woke up to moderate smoke and were able to escape the dwelling with the two family dogs, fire officials said. No injuries were reported. The single alarm fire was placed under control in 12 minutes.
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Firefighters battled a rare Fourth of July chimney fire on Monday.
The fire was called in by passing drivers along lower Fan Hill Road.
First responders found flames and smoke coming from the chimney, following the resident's attempt to clean the flue.
"There was no fire extension into the home but the chimney fire was stubborn to extinguish due to a heavy creosote build up," fire officials said.
Monroe police shut the road down in both directions while firefighters from Stepney Fire Department and Stevenson Volunteer Company worked to extinguish the blaze. No one was injured.
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