Fairfield firefighters braved snow, ice and the cold on Saturday night to put out a chimney fire at a Toilsome Hill Road home in Fairfield.
The chimney at 199 Toilsome Hill Road was up in flames when the first responding Fairfield firefighter got to the scene, according to the Fairfield Fire Department. Smoke was also rising from the chimney. The call came in at 9:33 p.m. on Saturday.
The cold temperature, slippery conditions and "wind-driven snow" proved a challenge to the firefighters, who extinguished the blaze with an aerial device on one of the ladder trucks, fire officials said.
Crews put "salvage covers around the hearth to protect the wood floors and interior furnishings," according to fire officials.
“Careful coordination of interior and exterior firefighting operations resulted in the safe extinguishment of the fire in the chimney and prevented any damage to the interior of the home," Fairfield Assistant Fire Chief George Gomola said.
Firefighters determined with thermal imaging cameras that the flames had not spread beyond the chimney, fire officials said.
Crews put out the fire by 9:47 p.m. and the scene cleared by 10:33 p.m.
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No one was injured.
