House Fires Extinguished In 3-Alarm Fire In Stratford: Officials

STRATFORD, CT — Crews extinguished fires at two homes in a three-alarm fire Tuesday afternoon in Stratford, according to officials.

Firefighters responded around 2:50 p.m. on May 5 to multiple 911 calls reporting smoke and fire from two homes in the 100 block of Boswell Avenue in Stratford, according to a news release from Stratford Fire Chief Jermaine B. Atkinson

“Upon arrival to the scene fire crews immediately conducted searches of both occupancies while simultaneously performing fire suppression to locate and extinguish the source of the fire,” according to the news release. “The first arriving Chief Officer on scene arrived to take command and initiated a third alarm response due to the fire extending to the next-door residence. This response brought Milford and Bridgeport fire companies and additional Chief officers immediately to the scene for two simultaneous structure fires.

“The fire was brought under control in approximately 35 minutes. The sole occupant of one residence self evacuated with the pets in the home. The adjacent residence affected was unoccupied at the time.”

The cause of the fire is being investigated by the Stratford Fire Marshals office.

The Shelton and Trumbull fire departments provided mutual aid station coverage during the incident, according to officials. Stratford EMS was also called to the scene for incident support.

“The Stratford Fire department would like to remind our residents to have working smoke detectors, regularly practice an escape plan for residential homes, evacuate occupancies with alarms sounding and call 911 immediately upon observation of smoke or fire,” officials wrote.