Friday, February 22, 2008
42 Dean Pl (John-1)
Initial dispatch was for a car fire. Engine 10 had a major loom up visible from the Boston Ave approach and called for the box. The building is an elevated 3-story frame apartment building with parking underneath. The fire damaged, but did not extend, to the structure.
13:50 STILL E-10
13:56 BOX E-6,1,16,3 L=10,6 R-5 BC-2
13:58 REQ AMR & BPD
14:09 S/C TR-2 (SAFETY)
14:12 RECALL
Man credited with averting fire
DANIEL TEPFER dtepfer@ctpost.com
BRIDGEPORT — An East Side apartment house manager is being called a hero today after he pushed a burning plow truck away from the complex. "There is no question his quick thinking prevented serious damage to the building," said Assistant Fire Chief Dominick Carfi. "Many people would have panicked in his situation." The three-story apartment complex at 42 Dean Place suffered minor exterior damage from the blaze. The Ford pickup truck was completely burned out. There were no injuries and apartment residents were evacuated safely, Carfi said. The apartments' manager, Rocco Guarnieri, was using the pickup to plow the day's snowfall from the parking lot behind and under the U-shaped building about 2 p.m. when he began to smell smoke. "There was smoke coming up from underneath the vehicle toward the engine and then it just stopped," he said. "I got out just before it burst into fire." Guarnieri ran to another truck he had parked in the lot and used it to "ram" the burning pickup out from beneath the building and into a snow bank as the flames began to consume the vehicle. As it was, flames had already begun to lick up the sides of the structure, melting the vinyl siding. Guarnieri said he tried to extinguish the flames with a fire extinguisher, but it didn't help much. However, firefighters arriving on the scene quickly managed to douse both the flames on the building's exterior and the burning truck. "Our guys did a great job of getting here quickly despite the weather conditions and kept the fire from spreading through the structure," said Carfi. Apartment residents, who huddled in the small lobby of the building, were allowed to return to their apartments after about 15 minutes.
News 12 video story
13:50 STILL E-10
13:56 BOX E-6,1,16,3 L=10,6 R-5 BC-2
13:58 REQ AMR & BPD
14:09 S/C TR-2 (SAFETY)
14:12 RECALL
Man credited with averting fire
DANIEL TEPFER dtepfer@ctpost.com
BRIDGEPORT — An East Side apartment house manager is being called a hero today after he pushed a burning plow truck away from the complex. "There is no question his quick thinking prevented serious damage to the building," said Assistant Fire Chief Dominick Carfi. "Many people would have panicked in his situation." The three-story apartment complex at 42 Dean Place suffered minor exterior damage from the blaze. The Ford pickup truck was completely burned out. There were no injuries and apartment residents were evacuated safely, Carfi said. The apartments' manager, Rocco Guarnieri, was using the pickup to plow the day's snowfall from the parking lot behind and under the U-shaped building about 2 p.m. when he began to smell smoke. "There was smoke coming up from underneath the vehicle toward the engine and then it just stopped," he said. "I got out just before it burst into fire." Guarnieri ran to another truck he had parked in the lot and used it to "ram" the burning pickup out from beneath the building and into a snow bank as the flames began to consume the vehicle. As it was, flames had already begun to lick up the sides of the structure, melting the vinyl siding. Guarnieri said he tried to extinguish the flames with a fire extinguisher, but it didn't help much. However, firefighters arriving on the scene quickly managed to douse both the flames on the building's exterior and the burning truck. "Our guys did a great job of getting here quickly despite the weather conditions and kept the fire from spreading through the structure," said Carfi. Apartment residents, who huddled in the small lobby of the building, were allowed to return to their apartments after about 15 minutes.
News 12 video story
Thursday, February 21, 2008
197 Douglas St (Mary-2)
Kitchen fire occupied 1.25-story 32' by 24' SFD.
Dispatch Audio
BOX E-12,15 L-10 R-5 BC-2
S/C E-16,10 L-5
Dispatch Audio
BOX E-12,15 L-10 R-5 BC-2
S/C E-16,10 L-5
Sunday, February 10, 2008
2819 Main St (Lewis-4)
A 3-story 27' by 56' mixed use housing the "Columbia Mental Health LLC" on the first floor with apartments above.
01:09 BOX E-12,16,10,1 L-5,10 R-5 BC-1
01:14 REQ AMR (EMS) & BPD
01:20 S/C FM-4
01:23 S/C TR-4 (SAFETY)
01:25 S/C DC-3
02:13 RECALL
01:09 BOX E-12,16,10,1 L-5,10 R-5 BC-1
01:14 REQ AMR (EMS) & BPD
01:20 S/C FM-4
01:23 S/C TR-4 (SAFETY)
01:25 S/C DC-3
02:13 RECALL
Saturday, February 9, 2008
1023 Reservoir Ave (Mary-2)
Monday, February 4, 2008
235 Hewitt St (Henry-1)
A one-story 90' by 40' ordinary self-storage garage with a 2-story 12x40 center section that was heavily involved on arrival.
12:54 BOX E-6,1,10,3 L-6,10 R-5 BC-2
12:59 S/C TR-4 (SAFETY)
13:00 S/C DC-2
13:07 S/C E-4
13:12 S/C FM-1
13:28 RECALL
East Side garage damaged by blaze
BRIDGEPORT — A Monday afternoon fire that struck an eight-bay garage on the East Side destroyed several cars in the structure.
65 shots by Keith at Fireground Images.
Dispatch audio here.
12:54 BOX E-6,1,10,3 L-6,10 R-5 BC-2
12:59 S/C TR-4 (SAFETY)
13:00 S/C DC-2
13:07 S/C E-4
13:12 S/C FM-1
13:28 RECALL
East Side garage damaged by blaze
BRIDGEPORT — A Monday afternoon fire that struck an eight-bay garage on the East Side destroyed several cars in the structure.
65 shots by Keith at Fireground Images.Dispatch audio here.
Friday, February 1, 2008
116-118 Wood Ave (Charlie-2)
Heavy fire out two windows in an occupied 2.25-story 3-family 25' by 52'.
This pic and 31 others by Keith at Fireground Images.
One hurt, 9 homeless in city fire
BRIDGEPORT — One woman was seriously burned and nine others in two Vietnamese families were left homeless when a fire erupted at a Wood Avenue home early this morning.
This pic and 31 others by Keith at Fireground Images.
One hurt, 9 homeless in city fire
BRIDGEPORT — One woman was seriously burned and nine others in two Vietnamese families were left homeless when a fire erupted at a Wood Avenue home early this morning.
