A mother and her four children escaped a house fire in orange Monday afternoon. Fire officials were called to the home on Ridgeview Road around 3:12 p.m. after that mother got her family out of the home and called 911. Crews arrived to find heavy smoke in the back of the house, and intense heat and thick smoke in the…

A woman is dead and another hospitalized after a house fire in New Haven Thursday. Fire officials said the victim was found on the second floor of the home on Mead Street after the flames were under control. She was rushed to the hospital where she was pronounced dead. Another woman was rescued from the second floor. She was taken…

Even though they’re still doing their jobs out in the public, our first responders have dealt with changes big and small to their daily routines because of coronavirus. The doors are usually open to the public at East Hartford firehouses. Coronavirus has forced the department to put restrictions in place. “Regrettably we have to close the firehouses to visitors. ...

For first responders on the front lines of the coronavirus crisis, staying healthy is important.

Fire crews are investigating the cause of a fire at a Danbury deli Friday afternoon. The fire was reported at approximately 11:12 a.m. at Mina’s Carne and Deli on Osborne Street. Firefighters said it appeared as though the bulk of the damage to the building was contained to the exterior with minimal smoke damage inside. One firetruck happened to...

New Haven police are investigating two separate arson fires that occurred Christmas morning and there are rewards available for those who come forward with information.

An untouched room inside a scorched home. Those are the pictures Southington firefighters snapped following a Tuesday fire. And the only difference was a door. “Closing a door buys you that time to escape or for us to be able to rescue you,” said Southington Firefighter Daniel Comen. The Southington Fire Department is spreading that message on social media after…

Milford firefighters rescued two dogs from a house fire Tuesday night. Fire officials said crews were called to the home at 17 Elizabeth St. around 7:50 p.m. and found a man waiting on the porch. He told them his two small dogs were still inside and tried to go back for them. Crews stopped him and went in themselves.  Firefighters…

The American Red Cross is helping a family after a fire in Woodbridge on Sunday. The family, three adults and one child, was displaced from their Seymour Road home. The Red Cross is providing comfort kits containing personal care items such as toothbrushes, deodorant, shaving supplies and other items. The family was also given a recovery envelope with information helpful…

Police have evacuated a historic Paris train station because a fire is raging nearby

A donation pile is growing after a hospitality center that serves Waterbury’s homeless was damaged in a fire Friday. “We were just watching like history just being destroyed,” Chris Bachard with the Hospitality Center said. It’s an image burned in Chris Bacahrd’s mind, the Hospitality Center in Waterbury destroyed by fire Friday but there is a new memory being...

The Waterbury Hospitality Center has collected approximately a year’s worth of donations following a damaging fire. The center is still in need of furniture for visitors.

A pit bull has become a four-legged hero credited with saving a family of four after a house fire started in New Jersey.

Crews battled a large fire on East Main Street in Waterbury Friday. The smoke from the fire could be seen billowing into the sky. Ralph Monti, who identified himself as the owner of the building, said one person lives there, but no one was hurt in the fire. “How’d you like me…I’m having dinner with the building inspector tonight...

The owner of the building said the bottom floor functions as a hospitality center for the homeless.

One person was seriously burned in a fire in a New London apartment on Tuesday. Firefighters responded to the home on Michael road around 5:30 p.m. and found a fire burning in the kitchen and dining room. A person in the apartment sustained burn injuries and was initially taken to Lawrence & Memorial Hospital before being transferred to the Bridgeport…

Three people were taken to the hospital, one with serious burns, after an apartment fire in New London Tuesday. Fire officials said they were called the fire at 96 Michael Road Tuesday evening. Three people were taken to the hospital, and one is being transferred to the Bridgeport burn center for treatment. The fire was ruled accidental, caused by unattended…

Fire officials said one victim suffered serious burns and was taken to the Bridgeport burn unit.

A North Canaan home is uninhabitable after a two-alarm fire Friday morning. The fire started at a single-family home on Cemetery Road just after 5 a.m. According to officials, at least two people were home and made it out of the residence safely. There are no reports of injuries. The home sustained water and fire damage.

The residents of three apartments in a Vernon home are homeless Sunday night after a fire. Vernon Fire Assistant Chief Robert Babcock said all of the residents got out safely, but while firefighters were battling the blaze, “We were pushed out of the third floor due to heavy fire conditions. All of the firefighters were able to get out of…