Firefighter Injured Battling Norwalk Lawn Care Company Blaze: FD

NORWALK, CT — One firefighter was treated at Norwalk Hospital Friday after being exposed to pesticides in smoke while battling a pickup truck fire at lawn care company Tuff Lawn, Norwalk Deputy Fire Chief Todd Smith.

The firefighter, whose identity was not released, was released Friday morning following treatment.

According to Smith, the fire, located at the company's Martin Luther King Drive facility, was reported at about 9:30 a.m., and was controlled by the building's sprinkler system until firefighters got to the scene.

"Upon arrival a vehicle was found on fire inside the garage," said Smith in a statement. "The vehicle was a pickup truck parked next to pallets of fertilizer with pesticides. The cab of the truck was fully involved in fire."

Smith added that "damage appears to be confined to the vehicle and the pallets of fertilizer/pesticide next to it."

The cause of the fire is being investigated by the fire department's Fire Marshal Division.

Smith said the department's "Command Car, 3 Engine Companies, 2 Ladder Companies and 1 Rescue Company along with the Assistant Chief and the Fire Prevention Bureau Inspector" responded to the fire.

All units cleared the scene just after 11 a.m.