One person was killed during an apartment fire in Fairfield County overnight. The fire took place in Norwalk around 8:15 p.m., Monday, April 18, at 14 Prowitt St.The body of a deceased person was found when Norwalk firefighters r…
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A kayaker was rescued by firefighters after overturning off the Fairfield County coast and becoming stranded in the cold waters.
The incident took place around 1:10 p.m., Friday, April 9 in Norwalk Harbor.
The Norwalk fire department’s marine unit 238 responded to a call for distress and located the victim at 1:24 p.m. in the area of Round Beach, clinging to the side of another person’s kayak, said Norwalk Fire Department Deputy Chief Michael P. McCallum.
The victim was quickly pulled to safety by firefighters and treated for early stages of hypothermia.
The victim had reportedly been in the water for 20 minutes, after capsizing his kayak. Water temperatures in Norwalk Harbor are currently in the vicinity of 40 degrees, McCallum said.
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Firefighters were able to quickly extinguish a brush fire at an area park that was encroaching on a boardwalk in Fairfield County.
The fire was reported around 1:32 p.m., Friday, March 12, at Oyster Shell Park along the Norwalk River in Norwalk.
Engine Company 2 was dispatched to the scene. The fire department’s Marine Unit 238 was downriver in the general vicinity participating in a training evolution at the time the emergency was reported, said Norwalk Deputy Chief Michael P. McCallum.
With limited access to fire apparatus by land, Marine Unit 238 was also to locate visible smoke upriver and was the first to arrive on the scene.
Firefighters were able to quickly extinguish a brush fire at an area park that was encroaching on a boardwalk in Fairfield County.The fire was reported around 1:32 p.m., Friday, March 12, at Oyster Shell Park along the Norwalk River in Nor…