Trumbull CT Multi Alarm Fire 6/26/09

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Date: 6/26/09

Time: 18:15hrs

Location: 24 Cherry gate Ln

Frequency: 33.5600- Dispatch 33.7600- ops

Units Operating: Trumbull FD(Nichols,TCFD, Long Hill) Huntington FD, Monroe FD, Stevenson FD, Stepney FD, Botsford FD, Sandy Hook FD

Weather Conditions: Thunderstorm

Description Of Incident: Nichols District dispatched for a reported kitchen fire

Enroute dispatch reported multiple calls for fire coming from the house- filled out structure fire assignment adding Trumbull Center and Long Hill- units responding from several other calls

Heavy Fire showing from the rear of large 2 1/2 story colonial- lines stretched into the interior

Command reports heavy fire on all floors have 4 lines stretched and operating,

requesting evacuation tone- switching to exterior ops

Fire now through the roof

Command reports little to now water pressure in area, requesting 6 tankers to the scene(a first for Trumbull)

Fire placed under control @ 21:30hrs- holding all in town companies on scene, releasing tankers and out of town mutual aid

Stepney FD fill in to Long Hill, Norwalk Engine 1 to Trumbull Center (there was a miscommunication w/ Trumbull dispatch and cmed and cmed called Norwalk and requested an engine to the scene- Engine 1 arrived and was sent to cover since they were already in town)

Long Hill took in several calls during fire, Trumbull Center responded to another lightning strike during fire

Some units still onscene as of this post

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Writer: eckyphats