A fire damage in an old New Haven railroad passenger car at the Stamford railroad yard at Jefferson and Cherry Street on March 7, 1985. The car, owned by Conrail, burned for less than an hour, fueled by copying machine ink and paper. The fire began at 7:15 PM. Photographer: [...]
Tom Mardi (left) and Bobby Morales (Right)
A fire fighter from the Stamford Fire Department checks out the stairs where is suspicious fire began at 59 Lafayette Street. Six families evacuated the three-story house when it was realized that smoke had filled the structure. There were no injuries. Photographer: Tom Ryan Lafayette Street
A two-alarm fire riped through the building that once served as the old Stamford Town Hall. The 155 year-old building. which served as the Stamford Town Hall between 1830 and 1867, found itself in in the middle of a battle between historic preservation and urban redevelopment. The building had 10 [...]
Two Cove Road businesses and two residential apartments were destroyed by an early morning arson fire. The blaze, which began at 1:36 am left six people homeless.
A set of late evening fires at Westover School is declared suspicious.
The Stamford Fire Department was formed in the 1980's. Several members have served for the Honor Guard for more than two decades.
With the age of Station #2 beginning to show (it was constructed in 1898), City officials began talking about replacing the fire station. The City had planned to build a new one across the street on the basketball courts of the South End Community Center, but local outrage put an [...]
I'm not sure when the tradition started, but when I came on the job in March 1987, I was told that I was expected to cook a meal for the group. So... I went to town (with a little help from Mom)
Several family pets were killed in a house fire at 9 Martin Street. There were no human injuries as a result of the blaze. The fire broke out shortly after 2:30 PM. The pets, including a a rabbit, a ferret and a snake, were apparently overcome by the smoke of [...]
