Niantic Fire

12 Lake View Hts 8-3-09

By Izaskun E. Larrañeta Published on 8/4/2009 East Lyme — A home at 12 Lake View Heights was extensively damaged Monday evening when cooking oil ignited on the stove. The blaze was reported at about 5:15 p.m. When firefighters arrived at the scene, flames were shooting out of the kitchen window and the fire was working its way up to the second floor, said Niantic firefighter Miles Worthington. Worthington said the fire was quickly extinguished but not before it destroyed the kitchen, caused heat damage to upper floor and caused smoke damage throughout the entire house. Worthington said the home was occupied when the fire was reported. Fire Marshal Dick Morris said residents, Olin and Tawney Page and their three children were relocated by the American Red Cross. There were no reported injuries. Fire crews from Niantic, Flanders and a Mohegan Tribal FAST team responded to the call

Camp Rell

Blaze Damages Camp Rell Barracks
Published on 5/11/2009 The Day
East Lyme - Half of a one-story barracks at Camp Rell was destroyed by fire Sunday afternoon.
Officials are investigating whether the fire, in the Housing Senior NCO building on the property, was caused by faulty electrical wiring, East Lyme Fire Marshal Richard Morris said.
”We're inspecting the electrical wiring in the west wall of the building as to the possible origin and cause of the fire,” he said.
The wooden building was more than 100 years old, Morris said, so fire quickly destroyed the western half of the horseshoe-shaped structure.
No one was injured, but the building was left uninhabitable.
Firefighters from the Flanders, Niantic, Jordan and Oswegatchie and Mohegan Sun fire departments along with the East Lyme and state fire marshals' offices and the state responded to the scene around 4 p.m. and spent about an hour extinguishing the blaze.

Road reopens in East Lyme

East Lyme - Pennsylvania Avenue between East Pattagansett Road to Oswegatchie Hills Road is now reopen after a car struck and snapped an utility pole. The road was closed for more than five hours as crews repaired the pole. The accident happened around 1:06 a.m. Police also responded to Grassy Hill Road, where a car also snapped an utility pole. The road is open in that area. The accident happened at 3:45 a.m. Connecticut Light & Power is not reporting any power outages at this time. No serious injuries were reported in either accident. (The Day Published on 3/18/2009)

Niantic Respond To A High Speed MVA - Car Race Leads To Chase, Then A Crash

East Lyme - A Clinton man led police on a brief chase Monday morning after he crashed his car on West Main Street. George Dunn, 20, initially fled from state police who allegedly spotted him racing another car on Interstate 95 near exit 71, police said. Dunn got off the highway at the Rocky Neck Connector and when police tried to stop him, he sped onto West Main Street. Dunn crashed his car into a sign near Fairhaven Road and fled into the woods nearby, police said. Dunn, who was suffering from minor injuries, was found by police about 200 yards away from the crash. He was charged with driving with a suspended license, evading responsibility and speeding. The Day Published on 3/17/2009

Brush Fire Flanders Rd. 3/15/09

Around 1600 hrs on Sunday multiple 911 calls were answered for two brush fires at the old driving range off of Flanders Rd by Exit 74. Flanders Brush Truck, B23, arrived on scene to report one fire in the middle of the field 100ft by 200ft and a second by the woods. Flanders Assistant Chief started a second brush unit and the gator from Niantic. When the Flanders Chief arrived on scene an engine out of Niantic and a brush truck from Waterford were started. During the operation of the fire parts of Flanders Rd. were closed and another call from a residence on Boston Post Rd. reported heavy smoke and ashes falling from the sky. The fire was extinguished in just over an hour. Two dirt bikers that were riding in the field started the fire, the sparks and heat from their exhaust ignited the grass and the wind bushed the fire over the field. The bikers tried to extinguish the fire but lost control when the wind picked up.

Grease Fire Victim In Good Condition (The Day Published on 3/11/2009)

East Lyme - The man who was seriously burned while trying to put out a grease fire in his home is in good condition. Ronald Miner was at the Bridgeport Burn Center and could be released soon, said John Cappiello, a hospital spokesman. Miner suffered first-degree burns to his right hand and both feet when he dropped a grease-filled pan that had caught on fire Monday night, fire officials said. His wife was cooking french fries at their 144 Roxbury Road home when the pan caught fire, officials said.(The Day Published on 3/11/2009)

Feb. 20, 2009

East Lyme – Several passengers on an East Lyme Senior Center bus suffered minor injuries when the bus went off the road and hit a tree on an icy section of Fairhaven Road in the Niantic section this morning, police said. Injured passengers were taken to Lawrence & Memorial Hospital by ambulance following the 10:45 a.m. crash in front of 70 Fairhaven Road. Police closed the road, which runs from Route 156 to Black Point Road, to clear the accident and reoprnrd it around 11 a.m., said East Lyme residnet state trooper Sgt. Wilfred Blanchette. (The Day)

53 Crescent Ave Oct 30, 2008

"Shortly after 1:00 a.m. on Thursday, October 30, 2008 Niantic and Flanders Fire Departments responded to a reported structure fire at 53 Crescent Avenue. Upon arrival a second alarm was struck for a well involved, two and a half story, wood structure. Crews made a defensive attack to bring the fire under control. As crews began to get the fire under control, another structure fire was dispatched in the Town of Waterford, one town over for a building fully involved in fire. " By LOU RACICOT 1st Responder Network