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A very impressive display of poise and quick thinking on Saturday morning (February 27) allowed for a satisfying and safe ending to a situation that could ve otherwise taken a big turn for the worse at one of Danbury s most prominent local businesses.
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According to the Danbury Fire Department, the city s fire dispatch received a 911 emergency call just before 8:00 AM on Saturday after a pickup truck went up in flames in the loading dock at Maple Avenue s Omaha Beef Company.
While the Hat City s Bravest were gearing up and making their way to the scene of the fire, one of their own, the Assistant Fire Chief of Northville Fire Department in New Milford, Jason Street, who also happens to be a manager at Omaha Beef Company, reacted quickly, ultimately keeping a chaotic situation under control. Asst. Chief Street immediately hopped into one of the company s fork lifts, scooped up the rear end of the burning pick up truck, and dragged it out of the loading dock ar
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According to the Danbury Fire Department, the Hat City s Bravest sprung to action just before 11:00 PM upon being notified that there was active fire in the area of Wooster Street and Deer Hill Avenue. As they arrived to location of the report, the firefighters were flagged down by neighbors, directing them to the four-story, wood framed condominium complex at 130 Deer Hill Avenue.
By that time, smoke was reportedly billowing up from the rear of the complex, and upon their initial observation, the DFD elevated the fire to a second alarm, allowing for additional units to be brought in to assist with what s been described as heavy fire conditions on both the third and fourth floors of the complex. The fire began to extend to the attic as well.