deadly fire

One year ago, a New Haven firefighter responded to a fire, never to return home again. Thirty year old Ricardo Torres Jr. died saving the lives of others. On Thursday, loved ones, fellow firefighters and community members came together to memorialize him. “There was a burning home, a 9-1-1 call went out and Firefighter Torres went in. Lives were...

New Haven held a ceremony Thursday to remember Ricardo Torres Jr., a firefighter who died in the line of duty one year ago rushing into a burning house.

Two people are dead after a house fire in Waterbury on Tuesday morning.

A young girl is dead after flames ripped through a building in Lowell, Mass. on Thursday, according to the city’s fire chief. Lowell Fire Chief Phillip Charron confirmed Thursday night that the body of a child who was missing after the fire on Maude Street has been found. She has not been publicly identified at this time. Crews first...

One person has died after a fire at a multi-family home in Watertown late Saturday night.

A man died after a fire at a multi-family home in Watertown late Saturday night. Emergency crews were called to a home on Main Street in the Oakville section of town shortly before midnight after getting a report of a structure fire. Police said the home was a multi-family home with three levels. When crews arrived, they said they found…

At least 12 people, including eight children, died early Wednesday when a quick-moving fire tore through a Philadelphia rowhome, crowded with 26 people in two apartments owned by the city’s public housing authority.

A New Haven woman is dead after she was found in a burning home Saturday morning, according to Director of Emergency Operations Rick Fontana. The fire happened at a home on Stevenson Road at approximately 5:20 a.m. Fontana said firefighters rescued the woman, who was taken to the hospital with critical injuries where she was later pronounced dead. Crews were…

Officials have identified the woman killed during a house fire in Chester Sunday morning.

One person has died and two others are injured after a house fire in Chester on Sunday morning.

Firefighters say one person is dead and two others were taken to the hospital following an apartment fire in West Haven Saturday evening.

One person is dead after a late-night fire at a home in West Hartford Saturday night, according to the fire chief.

A woman has died after a house fire in Waterbury on Tuesday afternoon. Emergency crews responded to a report of a structure fire at at home on Poplar Place around 3:30 p.m. Firefighters said they found an adult woman inside of the home. She was later pronounced dead, authorities added. Her identity has not been released. The Office of the…

A woman has died and two men are injured after a fire at a home in New Haven early Monday morning.

A woman has died and two men are injured after a fire at a multi-family home in New Haven early Monday morning. Firefighters were called to the home on Saltonstall Avenue around 1:30 a.m. after getting a report of a fire. According to fire officials, when crews arrived, they found a fully involved fire coming out of the third and…

One person has died after a fire in Windham early Wednesday morning. State police said they were called to reports of a structure fire on Jaynes Avenue in Windham around 4:30 a.m. Detectives from the Connecticut State Police Fire and Explosion Investigation Unit responded to the scene to help with the investigation. According to troopers, one person has died in…

Two people injured after an explosion and fire at a home on Saybrook Road in Middletown last month have died, and police are asking the public for any video of pictures of the fire to assist with their investigation. Crews responded to the home on the morning of May 29 and found people outside, officials said. Michael Howle, chief of…

At least four people were injured in a home explosion and fire in Middletown early Friday morning. Officials are investigating what caused it.

Hartford police have arrested a woman for arson in connection to an apartment building fire that killed one person and injured dozens of others on Sunday morning.

Hartford police have arrested a woman for arson in connection to an apartment building fire that killed one person and injured dozens of others on Sunday morning. Members of the Connecticut State Police Arson Unit and Hartford Fire Marshall’s Office determined the origin, cause and method of the fire. Investigators said they secured an arrest warrant for 28-year-old Destiny...