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Fire Chief: Lithium Ion Battery Sparks Blaze at New Canaan Home

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A lithium ion battery caused a fire Friday in a New Canaan home on the west side of town, officials say. The New Canaan Fire Department responded to a Woodridge Circle home with a garage filled with smoke late on the morning of Oct. 24, according to a press release issued by Fire Chief Albe Bassett. A person stopping by to check on pets in the home discovered the fire, Bassett said. “She properly closed the door separating the garage from the home and called 9-1-1 to report the event,” the chief said in the release.

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Firefighters Put Out Blaze on Country Club Road on Tuesday

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Firefighters after midnight Tuesday put out a structure fire on Country Club Road, officials say. At about 12:45 a.m. on June 10, the New Canaan Fire Department responded to the fire after a 9-1-1 call was placed by a Lambert Road resident who could see it from their house, according to a press release issued by Chief Albe Bassett. 

At the Country Club Road home, firefighters found a 10-by-30-foot shed about 1,000 down the driveway that was “fully involved,” Bassett said in the press release. No one was injured, he said. “There were no other exposures,” the chief said in the release. “The fire was brought under control in a few minutes with one hose line.

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Gas Leak at Restaurant Halts Business Downtown on Friday Evening

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A building in the center of downtown New Canaan was evacuated Friday evening following reports of a gas leak, officials say. At about 6 p.m. on May 9, the New Canaan Fire Department responded to a reported odor of gas in a restaurant on Main Street, according to a press release issued by NCFD. Arriving and with help from an off-duty firefighter from a neighboring town, officials “quickly determined a 100 gallon propane tank was leaking behind 15 Elm St.,” the press release said. The address is the same as SE Uncorked. 

Occupants of the buildings at Main and Elm Streets left the premises while the Fire Department “deployed hose lines to disperse the accumulating propane gas vapors,” the release said. “Firefighters also found gas had accumulated in the basement of 15 Elm St.

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Firefighters Put Out Lukes Wood Road Fire Sunday Night

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New Canaan firefighters put out a blaze at a Lukes Wood Road home Sunday night, officials say. At 6:45 p.m. on May 11, the New Canaan Fire Department responded to a residential fire alarm at 124 Lukes Wood Road, according to a press release issued by NCFD. “Upon arrival New Canaan firefighters found a fire in a three-car garage under the structure,” the release said. While NCFD was on scene, an occupant of the home arrived and said that there were pets inside though no people, it said. New Canaan firefighters put out the garage fire with a hose line and “assisted the occupants with removing the pets,” it said.

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PHOTOS: Merritt Parkway Car Fire Sparks Brush Fire Near Waveny

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New Canaan firefighters on Wednesday afternoon put out a fully involved car fire on the Merritt Parkway. No one was injured in the motor vehicle fire on the southbound Exit 36/Old Stamford Road off-ramp, reported to the New Canaan Fire Department at 2:30 p.m., according to a press release issued by Fire Chief Albe Bassett. “The driver was able to get out of the car unharmed,” Bassett said in the press release. “Connecticut State Police reported that the vehicle fire also started a brush fire on the Merritt Parkway southbound. The brush fire extended up the embankment into the woods behind the leaf compost site on Lapham Road.”

New Canaan Firefighters used multiple hose lines from the Merritt and compost site to extinguish about one acre of brush, the chief said.