Crime & Safety
Ridgefield Home ' Not Livable' After Fire: Chief
Two residents were in the home at the time of the fire, and were able to escape the building safely, fire officials said.
RIDGEFIELD, CT — An East Ridge Road home has been made "not livable" by a fire that tore through it Thursday night.
The home was the residence of Ridgefield Planning and Zoning Commission Chairman Robert Hendrick, according to a report from Hearst Connecticut. Both Hendrick and his 6-year-old daughter were home when the fire began, but got out safely after a smoke alarm tripped.
Ridgefield firefighters were first called to the scene around 10:30 p.m., but the blaze was not extinguished until around 3:30 a.m. Firefighters returned to the scene around 6:30 a.m. for a flare up and extinguished that, and then assisted the homeowner in salvaging some belongings from the home, according to Fire Chief Jerry Myers.
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No firefighters were injured.
Fourteen career members of the department, worked alongside approximately thirty volunteers to extinguish the fire, according to Myers. Three pumpers, two tankers, the ladder truck and various utility vehicles were all deployed.
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The "timely assistance" of crews from Danbury EMS, the Georgetown Fire Department and the Wilton Fire Department was "instrumental" in the operation's success, Myers said.
The cause of the fire is currently under investigation by the Fire Marshal.
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