Crime & Safety
House Fire Early Sunday Morning
A four-member family and their dog are displaced from their West Lane home.
The Ridgefield Fire Department extinguished a fire in the house at 249 West Lane early Sunday morning.
The fire remains under investigation, but its cause was not deemed suspicious by town and state fire marshals.
The department responded to reports of a structure fire around 7:15 a.m. and found heavy smoke throughout the 3,000-square foot wooden home. Responders found fire in the walls of all three of the home's floors at the front of the house. The fire was extinguished and deemed under control about 40 minutes later, officials said. Department members also saved the family's German shepherd.
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About 40 fire fighters and personnel from the Ridgefield and Georgetown departments and town's fire police responded to the scene, which caused traffic detours in the area for about three hours.
The home sustained minimal fire and water damage from the fire but is not currently inhabitable. The town is assisting the four-person family with temporary accommodations.
