2005 & 2006 Joblog

Just as the day shift was getting ready to break, FCC sent the initial assignment for 65 Steuben, unit #18. Maintenance 3 gave the first report of heavy smoke showing. The 2-story TOWNHOUSE unit was completely burned out but the flames did not extend to the attached exposures on the left and the right. One civilian injury reported.

Connecticut Post Article Last Updated: 7/02/2005 06:42 AM
Fire victim remains critical
BRIDGEPORT — A Steuben Street woman forced to jump from a second-floor window when fire trapped her in an apartment Thursday remains in critical condition in Bridgeport Hospital. The unidentified woman, who lives in the duplex at 65 Steuben St., suffered burns to her hands from opening the window and unspecified injuries from the 10-foot fall. She and another person were displaced by the fire, which gutted their half of the duplex. The fire broke out at 3:53 p.m. and firefighters extinguished it in 10 minutes. Its cause is under investigation. Henry Polite, the Fire Department's arson investigator probing the blaze, could not be reached for comment Friday evening.

— AARON LEO

Fire in the walls in apartment 4A with minor extension to apartment 5A. Initial reports indicate the fire was started by a plumber.

Rescue 5, Engine 1 with the Collapse Trailer, and BC-1 were sent to 23 Bruce Drive in Shelton for a worker trapped in a trench. The Bridgeport resident was working in a trench with no shoring when it caved in and trapped him under 11 feet of soil. He died on the scene and extrication took 4 hours.

OSHA probing death of worker in Shelton
New Haven Register 06/21/2005

Man's death probed
Connecticut Post article created: 06/20/2005 08:15:46 AM

A trench dug behind a split-level house collapsed late Saturday afternoon
Connecticut Post article created: 06/19/2005 04:23:32 AM

A mother and three children were killed when fire swept through this three-family home. The fire started on the second floor. 11 people made it out of the house alive.



Bridgeport Fire Department officials investigate fire damage to multi-family home Monday, June 13, 2005, in Bridgeport, Conn. A mother and three children were killed when fire swept through the three-family home. The fire gutted the second and third floors of the wood-frame house, and took two hours to bring under control. Firefighters were able to rescue several residents from the home.
AP Photo/Douglas Healey)


Owner charged in fire that killed mother, 3 children
Connecticut Post article last updated: 11/04/2005 04:20 AM

Amid father's grief, a ray of help
Connecticut Post Article Last Updated: 7/11/2005 07:21 AM

Grieving intensifies for friends of fire victims
Connecticut Post article last updated: 6/15/2005 09:47 AM

Bridgeport fire victims 'were all very nice, very sweet people'
Connecticut Post article last updated: 6/14/2005 07:53 AM

Fire in Connecticut Home Kills Four
from the Washington Post 06/14/2005
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- The Thach family left Vietnam for the United States four years ago to find a better life, but their roots remained a big part of their lives in their tight-knit community, a friend said.

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El Cochinito is a one story commercial restaurant with attached exposures. Fire involved the kitchen duct and roof. It was contained with two 1-3/4 water lines and extensive truck work.
E-10,1,6,5 L-10,6 R-5 BC-2

Heavy fire on the porch of this 2-story 4-unit apartment building extended to the interior causing major damage.



from the Connecticut Post 6/7/05
Aaron Leo, staff writer

BRIDGEPORT - A family was displaced from its second floor Bond Street apartment after a porch fire heavily damaged it Monday evening. They are staying with relatives, said Assistant Fire Chief William Haug. The fire broke out at 328 Bond St. at 7:48 p.m., and was under control by 8:13 p.m. Haug said. The fire started on the porch and extended into two rooms and into an adjoining second-floor apartment, he said. A first-floor occupant burned her hand, and a second floor occupants suffered minor injuries, according to Haug. The cause is under investigation but does not appear suspicious, the assistant chief said.

Cambridge apartments.
E-12,4,16,5 L-5,10 R-5 BC-1

Fire in a type-4 factory contained by sprinklers. Total extinguishment required extensive removal and overhaul of roof above fire area. One fire service injury.

from the Connecticut Post 6/4/2005
Blaze injures firefighter
BRIDGEPORT - A fire in a furniture shop in the old American Fabrics factory building early Friday led to water and roof damage at the structure, and injured a firefighter. Firefighter Thomas Sansonetti was injured, Assistant Fire Chief Bruce Porzelt said. The nature and severity of his injuries were unavailable Friday. The cause of the fire is under investigation. The fire broke out in a barrel containing rags inside Harborwood Inc. at 1069 Connecticut Ave. at 12:34 a.m., Porzelt said. The flames burned the roof, and firefighters had to remove 20 feet of it to ventilate the smoke. A malfunctioning sprinkler would not turn off, causing water damage to the furniture in the building, Porzelt said. It took 32 firefighters to extinguish the blaze. Fire personnel were recalled at 1:14 a.m., and the last unit left at 3:39 a.m.

W/F in a 1-story 2-car garage.
E15,10,1,12 L-10,6 R-5, BC-2