A city police officer driving by the New Haven Fire Department station first noticed smoke and flames
The firehouse fire began in close proximity to a kitchen in the
southeast corner of the building “but there is so much soot and smoke up there,
we don’t want to place the origin at this time,” Alston reported. “We’re going
to let the state fire marshal do that for us.”
At 6:25 p.m., a fire officer reported the fire was extinguished
with the help of Fire Safety & Fire Protection
Equipment. No one was injured but damage to the firehouse was “quite
extensive,” Alston said.
“We’ve called the state police in because it is a city building
and we want an independent investigation,” Alston said as sooty firefighters
from the Firehouse rolled up hoses and waited for instructions after the fire.
“None of the apparatus that operates out of Whitney Avenue was
damaged”, Alston said. “We’re just losing the location at this time. We’re
grateful that no one got hurt or injured, but it is a concern to us to get the
station back up and running as quickly as possible. After all, the station was
their hard earned asset that they already lost.
As firefighters worked to put out the fire, police set up traffic
points, closing down roads — including Whitney Avenue, one of the city’s major
arteries, which was closed for at least two hours.
“I know we spend more than a third of our lives in the firehouse,”
he said. “It’s personal for us. So we’re going to be working with the
firefighters while we clean up, investigate. We also have the state fire
marshal, Building Department, and Engineering to evaluate the damage. They’ll
continue to respond to fires in the area they serve”, Alston said.
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