(Stamford, CT) – Stamford Fire Department firefighters responded to a structure fire at 20 Travis Ave. at 10:10 pm on Sunday November 24, 2013.  The initial response brought 4 Engine Companies, 1 Truck Company, 1 Rescue Company and 1 Deputy Chief, for a total of 26 firefighters.  Arriving firefighters found heavy smoke in the right [...]

On November 24, 2013, at 21:20 Hrs., Stamford Fire Department Units responded to and quickly contained a fire in the furnace room at 55 Stamford Ave., in the Shippan section of Stamford.  The first arriving units made an aggressive interior attack, knocking down the fire within a matter of minutes.  The fire was contained to [...]

Stamford Fire Dept. responds to fire in Strawberry Hill apartmentMultiple ladder trucks and other fire-fighting equipment were staged outside the high-rise apartment building at Strawberry Hill Court and Strawberry Hill Avenue Friday evening. A firefighter standing outside the apartment on a balcony shone a flashlight into the apartment as an exhaust fan set up in [...]

(Stamford, CT) – Stamford Fire Department firefighters responded to a reported structure fire located at 88 Saddle Rock Rd. at 09:55 a.m. this morning.  Arriving on scene at 10:01a.m. Truck Co.  # 1 reported a smoke condition.  Firefighters entered the home and located the fire in the garage and a crawl space under the structure.  [...]

Source: http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/ci_13645064 STAMFORD -- A Hilton hotel driver escaped unscathed after being trapped in his van Sunday morning by fallen wires caused by a transformer fire Sunday morning on Greenwich Avenue near 1 Stamford Place, Stamford Police Lt. Sean Cooney said. The fire was caused by a squirrel that became trapped in the transformer equipment, [...]

Source: http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/ci_13640505 STAMFORD -- A vacant structure slated for demolition on Washington Boulevard was destroyed early Sunday morning in a fire. No injuries were reported, according to Stamford Fire & Rescue, which responded to the fire. A spokesman for the fire department would not comment on the suspected cause of the blaze, saying only the fire [...]