Fire at a Historic town Landmark
 
By Christopher Sargis
December 21, 2016
 

Incident type: Structure Fire
Time of Call: 0352
Address: 51 Depot Rd

Assignment:

Squad 4
Engines 7,8,12
Trucks 3,9
Tanker 15
Cars 21,33,51,52

Task force activation bringing Cromwell, Newington, Wethersfield, Rocky hill to town for coverage.

Car 33 arrived to find a 2 story mill type building with a large volume of fire throughout the structure. Car 21 assumed command of the incident. Tower 3 and Truck 9 flowed water from their ladder pipes while 2 hand lines were stretched to extinguish and protect exposures. Companies are still on scene the bulk of the fire is knocked down crews are in the process of overhaul and extinguishing hot spots.

Farmington avenue is open to traffic with one lane of traffic, Amtrak service is also in service.

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Mutual Aid: Task Force