Crime & Safety
Good Samaritan Rescues 90-Year-Old From Fire In Branford: Report
The fire occurred this morning and the house was badly damaged in the blaze.
BRANFORD, CT — The Branford Fire Department battled a house fire at 67 Cedar Street Tuesday morning, according to the New Haven Register. A good samaritan, Shawn Thayler, rushed into the house and rescued a 90-year-old man who was inside the burning building, Fox 61 reports.
Thayler kicked in the door in an effort to rescue the elderly man, Fox reports. A second person also escaped the fire. No one was injured. The house was badly damaged in the fire, the Register reports.
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A hero emerges from #Branford fire. How timing is everything. Today at 4 and 5. @FOX61News pic.twitter.com/GflAGXYS7X
— Tony Terzi (@T2Fox61) March 5, 2019
#Breaking: #Branford FF working to put out a fire on Cedar Street.@WTNH pic.twitter.com/KRPHDoO1sX
— Stephanie Simoni (@StephanieSimoni) March 5, 2019
Branford firefighters are currently responding to a structure fire at 67 Cedar St. pic.twitter.com/uFxcVrRace
— Ben Lambert (@wlambertNHR) March 5, 2019
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RIGHT NOW: Working structure fire on Cedar Street in #Branford. FD reports fire in a private dwelling; mutual aid enroute. pic.twitter.com/Xw2Z6hlXaU
— CTNewsAlert (@CTNewsAlert) March 5, 2019
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