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LATEST NEWS
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SUV INTO SWAMP
April 3 2009.... A wrong turn late this evening ended
up causing a little more than a delayed return home for one Westport
resident. The driver of a 2004 Range Rover attempted to perform a three
point turn on a narrow driveway after realizing he had made a wrong turn.
Unfortunately the road was more than a little unforgiving and the vehicle
slid down a steep embankment and into a shallow swamp area. Despite numerous
attempts to extricate the vehicle under it's own power, the police
department was alerted and a wrecker called. Westport Fire Department
responded to check for hazardous fluid spills into the waterway. Fire
Department units left the scene at 11:59pm.
BRUSH FIRE ON MEADOW BROOK LANE
March 27 2009....
The
Westport
Fire Department responded to a report of an explosion and fire in a
wooded area behind
Long
Lots
Elementary school.
Alert neighbors on Meadow Brook
Lane said they heard an explosion and then saw fire in a wooded
area. Upon arrival
Westport
Fire Fighters located the fire approximately three hundred feet into
the woods. The explosion heard was apparently an aerosol can
exploding which had been placed in the fire. The fire was quickly
extinguished by Fire Fighters on the scene. A Fire Inspector
was called to the scene and more than a dozen cans of flammable
fluids were found in the
immediate area.
Thanks to alert
and concerned citizens a much larger fire was prevented. Just a few
days earlier the
Westport
Fire Department assisted in Weston where a 6,000 square foot home
and approximately 15 acres of woodland burned due to the extremely
dry conditions.
WESTPORT FD RESPONDS MUTUAL AID TO WESTON.
March 24 2009....At
11:27
this morning the
Westport
Fire Department responded to the Town of
Weston
on a mutual-aid request to assist fighting a structure fire that also
touched off an intensive wind driven 16 acre wild land fire.
Westport
initially responded with one 4-man engine company, en route the
Westport
engine was diverted to a 2nd residence being engulfed by flames.
Firefighters contained
the 2nd fire and limited damage to the buildings exterior. The
wind driven wild land fire destroyed a 6000 + square foot residence on Smith
Ridge Road, damaged a 2nd
residence on Forest Road and required evacuation of several homes being
threatened by the fire.
Resources requested from
Westport
included 2 Engines, Chief of Department, Department Safety Officer, and a
Regional Communication Vehicle.
The
Westport
Fire Marshal office was also requested by the Town of
Weston
to assist in the initial investigation of the blaze. A total of 13
Westport
Firefighters responded, last
Westport
unit cleared Weston at
4:20
this afternoon.
HOUSE FIRE ON LYONS PLAINS ROAD.
March 21 2009....
At
12:43 PM
today, the
Westport
Fire Department responded to a reported structure fire at
5
Lyons Plains Rd.
Westport
and Weston firefighters arrived on scene and began firefighting
operations. As firefighters began extinguishing the blaze,
additional fire personnel conducted a search of the home. No
occupants were home at the time of the fire, but the family dog
“Cody” was brought to safety by
Westport
Firefighters. Crews worked to remove interior ceilings to get at
fire in the roof area and the room above the garage. Fire crews
worked the scene for about an hour before all hidden pockets of fire
were extinguished. Damage was limited to the garage and the room
above. The
Westport
Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating the cause of the fire.
Seventeen career
Westport
firefighters, four
Westport
Volunteer firefighters and twenty four Weston Volunteer firefighters
worked the scene. Westport and Weston Police also responded to the
scene, rerouted traffic from the area and worked with the
Westport
Fire Marshal. The last
Westport
Fire unit left the scene at
3:16 PM.
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