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Firefighters are seen ventilating the attic of a house fire on Andrew St. in Naugatuck.Naugatuck Fire Department Official. NAUGATUCK, CT - At approximately 9:35 am on Tuesday May 3, 2022, the Naugatuck Fire Department was dispatched to a reported building fire at 49 Andrew Street. First companies on scene found heavy smoke showing from the 2nd and 3rd floor of a large 2 1/2 story wood frame dwelling. An aggressive interior attack was made due to the fact that this was an occupied home, although it was later stated by Naugatuck Deputy Fire Chief Ken Hanks from Rob Polansky of WFSB reporting that all residents had made it out of the structure before arrival of the fire department. Truck companies made it to the roof and performed vertical ventilation to create relief from heat for the firefighters operating on the interior. During this initial stretch of the attack hose line, reports from scanner radio traffic announced the mayday of a downed firefighter on the 2nd floor. He was eventually extricated from the structure and transported to Waterbury Hospital with non-life threatening injuries, some kind of leg injury unknown at the time of the reporting per Chief Hanks. DC Hanks also reported to WFSB that there was heavy damage to the home, and that there were no other injuries from the scene and that included the five people that lived in the home.

Pictured is suspect Matthew Buchanan and the vehicle he was last seen driving.Photos provided by the Castle Rock Police. (Castle Rock, Colo.) Police named a suspect in connection to a house fire and what the department is calling a “suspicious” death in Terrain last week. The suspect was previously named a person of interest on April 27.

ANSONIA, CT - Shortly after 3:00pm on April 29, 2022, the Ansonia Fire Department received multiple calls for a fire at 29 Scotland St. First companies on scene found fire showing on the exterior of a 2 1/2 story wood frame. The fire would quickly extend into the structure and would involve the 1st and 2nd floors before being put under control. Mutual aid responded from Derby and Seymour. Thank you to Matthew Salleme for providing the footage.

BRIDGEPORT, CT - At 5:30pm on April 27, 2022, the Bridgeport Fire Department was dispatched to 256 Broad St. for a reported structure fire. First companies on scene found fire on the rear porch that had extended into the 1st floor of a 3 story brownstone. One resident was found inside taking in smoke while searching for her cat. Firefighters quickly removed her and she was transported to the hospital. Seconds later they found her cat and placed it safely in the cab of Ladder 5 until it could be secured by animal control until it’s owner gets discharged from the hospital. Members searched the rest of the building and found that everybody had safely left the building before arrival of the FD. Cause of the fire in under investigation of the Fire Marshal.

Pictured is person of interest Matthew Buchanan and the suspect vehicle.Photos provided by the Castle Rock Police Department. (Castle Rock, Colo.) Police are seeking a person of interest in connection to a house fire and what the department is calling a “suspicious” death in Terrain on Tuesday.

Firefighter operating on the roof of the 2 alarm fire on Maple St. in Shelton, CT on 4/1/22.FIREGROUNDIMAGES.COM. Video above shows firefighters battling the blaze at 10 Maple Street in Shelton, CT on 4/1/22.

The above video shows early footage from the scene of firefighters engaged in battling the fire at 60 Perry Ave on March 28, 2022. Firefighters operating on a burning 3rd floor porch at 60 Perry Avenue in Shelton, CT on 3/28/22.FIREGROUNDIMAGES.COM.

DERBY, CT - At approximately 6:25pm Sunday March 13, 2022, the Derby Fire Department was dispatched to a reported fire in the area of Elm Street and Chapel Street. Companies from Paugassett Hook & Ladder Company No. 4, Storm Engine Company No. 2, East End Hose Company No. 3, and Storm Ambulance Corps No.2 responded to the scene. The Ansonia Fire Department was dispatched as RIT (Rapid Intervention Team), and Shelton Fire Department’s Echo Hose Company No. 1 was dispatched mutual aid to the fire. First companies on scene found heavy smoke showing from a 1 1/2 story single family wood frame home located at 59 Chapel Street right on the corner of Elm St. Derby FD-2 Assistant Chief Gloade assumed command of the incident and confirmed the working structure fire. As members made entry into the structure, they encountered heavy fire in a section of the basement and firefighters operating on the first floor reported possible sagging of the floor. Primary searches of the home found that everybody was out of the structure.

Early Morning Fire Burns Down House At Spot in the Sun Community. Residents of the Spot in the Sun community of Okeechobee County were awakened to a neighbors house in flames. Okeechobee County Fire Department was alerted to the blaze by a local resident who was en route to work. Because of the rural area that Spot in the Sun is located, the Florida Forest Service was called and put on standby in case the fire spread into the surrounding brush. The resident explained that she had just started leaving for work when she spotted a dark, black column. She immediately called the fire department. When she noticed how close to the surrounding dry brush the structure was, she then called the Florida Forest Service. There are no details yet due to the incident being under investigation.

Cat saved from house fire in Marietta by Cobb County Firefighters(Cobb County Fire & Emergency Services) Within three minutes of being dispatched, Cobb firefighters were on scene of a working house fire in Marietta where they were met with smoke and flames showing from a window.

Emergency crews were dispatched to a house fire at 148 Cedar Road in Bristol, Tennessee just before 1 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022. Responders arrived on the scene near the former Raytheon plant to find a mobile home fully engulfed in flames.

East Sullivan County Volunteer Fire Department equipmentEast Sullivan County Volunteer Fire Department/Facebook.com. Emergency responders answered a call for a house fire at 1452 Vance Tank Road in Bristol, Tennessee Tuesday afternoon just after 4 p.m. The occupant of the home was able to get out of the house without injury.