Tag: fire
Route 68 reopens after fire put out
NAUGATUCK — A half-mile stretch of Route 68, or Prospect Street, has been reopened and a fire at Pisani Steel Fabrication is under...
Fire in Naugatuck displaces family of four
NAUGATUCK — A basement fire in a Lincoln Street house Tuesday night displaced at least four residents.
Firefighters were called shortly before 11:30 p.m. to...
Joint boards approve purchase of new ‘jaws of life’
NAUGATUCK — There was never a question over whether the borough needed to replace its aging hydraulic rescue tools known as the “jaws of...
A hero’s welcome
NAUGATUCK — When Timothy McDevitt went into cardiac arrest in the midst of a severe snow storm January 12, police and ambulance crews responded within minutes, saving McDevitt’s life.
State and local officials honored the first responders in that incident and others who saved a woman from a burning house during a ceremony at Beacon Brook Health Center June 22. 
Fire company needs new ‘jaws of life’
BEACON FALLS — If there is an accident in town, victims may have to wait a few extra minutes before rescuers can extract them...
Old battery blamed for fire alarm
NAUGATUCK – A fire scare at the Verizon Wireless store on New Haven Road quickly fizzled Monday afternoon.
Something in a battery from the...
Naugatuck firefighters say they need new tools
NAUGATUCK — The Fire Department is scraping together surplus money to buy at least one new set of hydraulic extrication tools, commonly knows as...
Dog rescued, woman escapes from Naugatuck condo fire
NAUGATUCK — Firefighters rescued a dog from a fire earlier today in a Mallane Lane condo. A guest at the condo, who noticed the...
New deputy fire chief a first for borough force
NAUGATUCK — When Ellen Murray graduated from Southern Connecticut State University in 1981 with a degree in physical education, she never thought she would...
Fire forces Naugatuck family from home
NAUGATUCK — A fire broke out on the porch of a vacant multifamily home Friday evening, spreading to a neighboring home and forcing the...
