State police: Vehicle fire intentionally set at Roxbury firehouse
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ROXBURY State Police are investigating a fire they said was “intentionally set” at the Roxbury fire department Saturday evening.
State police spokesman Trooper First Class Pedro Muniz said the agency’s Fire and Explosion Investigation Unit was requested by the town’s fire marshal to assist the investigation into the blaze.
“There were no reported injuries. This incident is still in the beginning stages of investigation. Once we receive more information we will disseminate it appropriately,” Muniz said in an email Saturday.
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West Hartford Saturday blaze results in one death
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A fire engine leaves for a call from West Hartford Fire Station No. 1 in West Hartford, Conn., on Thursday Jan. 7, 2020.Christian Abraham / Hearst Connecticut Media
WEST HARTFORD One person died and another was sent to the hospital after an Elmfield Street home caught fire Saturday, according to the fire chief.
The person who died “suffered non-survivable injuries and was presumed dead at the scene,” while another person was sent to a hospital to be evaluated, an emailed statement sent by fire chief Greg Priest read.
Initial fire officials, who got there at about 9:57 p.m., saw “heavy fire coming from the front of” the home, the statement read.