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Conditions spark two fires in borough
NAUGATUCK — The fire department responded to two fires that were exacerbated by the weather conditions Sunday night. The first fire was located at 34 and 44 Evelyn Drive, where two adjacent sheds burned. According to Fire Chief Ken Hanks, the fire department received the call around midnight. Hanks said that the department believes... »
Disabled man pulled from Prospect blaze
PROSPECT — A disabled man was rescued from his ranch-style home after it caught fire Saturday evening. The fire began in the garage of his home, 47 Talmadge Hill Road, at about 6 p.m. It quickly spread to a wall of the house, but emergency responders and a few good Samaritans were able to... »
Borough woman facing arson charge
WATERBURY — A 75-year-old Naugatuck grandmother was arrested Wednesday on charges that she intentionally set her apartment building on fire after she was served with eviction papers. Raeann Goss had lived at 504 Prospect St. in Naugatuck until Feb. 25, when flames broke out inside her bedroom. In charging Goss with first-degree arson, authorities... »
Borough family displaced after fire
NAUGATUCK — A family was displaced but escaped uninjured from a Sunday morning house fire on Candee Road, an older street with no fire hydrants. Firefighters were called to 200 Candee Road shortly after 8 a.m. to battle the fire, which started in a bedroom in the walkout basement of the raised ranch house,... »
Investigation into borough fire looks at possible arson
NAUGATUCK — A fire Saturday in a Prospect Street apartment is being investigated as a possible arson. Ann Goss, 75, had been evicted from her first-floor apartment at 504 Prospect St., and was moving out with her son’s help when a mattress and box spring propped against her bedroom wall caught fire, Acting Fire... »
Oven fire severely damages mobile home in Beacon Falls
BEACON FALLS — A local woman was displaced from her mobile home on First Street on Saturday afternoon after a stove fire spread to the rest of her unit causing extensive damage, fire officials said. The homeowner, who wasn’t identified, will be staying with family locally, said Jeremy Rodorigo, spokesman for Beacon Hose Company... »
Borough firefighters swiftly extinguish Prospect Street fire
NAUGATUCK — Firefighters quickly put out a fire in the first-floor bedroom of a two-family home on Prospect Street early Saturday afternoon. No one was injured in the fire, Fire Chief Kenneth Hanks said. At least four people were inside the building at the time of the fire, but all escaped without harm, he... »
Firefighters put out car fire on Route 8
NAUGATUCK — Fire destroyed a car on Route 8 southbound on Wednesday night. Waterbury and Naugatuck firefighters responded to the fire just south of Exit 29, about 50 feet away from the city line. Waterbury Deputy Fire Chief Rick Hart said the car was fully involved when they arrived on scene. “The fire just... »
Waterbury woman accused of accidentally starting Naugatuck fire
NAUGATUCK — Police arrested a Waterbury woman Friday on charges her cigarette started a Cherry Street fire two years ago that displaced 15 people and injured a firefighter and a police officer. Dawn Rohlman, 46, of 212 West Main St., was living in an apartment at 92 Cherry St. in the borough on April... »
Displaced companies recovering from borough fire
NAUGATUCK — Ralph Minervino had to shout last week over the thumps and thuds of crews removing asbestos from the shell of his burned-out industrial building. “It’s time-consuming, because I have to deal with all this and run the business,” Minervino said. Demolition began last Monday on 26,000 square feet of office space at... »