Crime & Safety

Downtown New Canaan Labor Day Fire Cause Determined

The fire forced several businesses to close for days.

NEW CANAAN, CT—An electric short in a Main Street commercial building's attic caused the three-story Labor Day fire downtown.

Five businesses were closed through the week as a result of the fire, according to the New Canaanite.

The building had an active fire sprinkler system that put out the majority of the fire.

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