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Investigation into Cause of Main Street Fire Underway; Five Businesses in Building Remain Without Power, Closed

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An investigation into the cause of the third-story fire in a prominent downtown building at Main Street and East Avenue on Monday night is ongoing, though it does not appear to be suspicious, according to Fire Chief Jack Hennessey. The five businesses that occupy 96 Main St. are not yet able to operate, as power had been disconnected to the building following the fire that started in the attic and the property management company first must get an electrician in for a survey, said Fire Marshal Fred Baker. “Fortunately the fire damage was minimal and thank god the sprinkler system did its job,” Baker told NewCanaanite.com, echoing some of what Hennessey said from the scene on Monday. “We don’t know what started it.

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PHOTOS: Fire at Main Street Commercial Building on Monday Night

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New Canaan firefighters on Monday night put out a blaze that had broken out in the third story of a commercial building at the corner of on Main Street and East Avenue, prompting emergency responders to close the area to motor vehicle traffic. It wasn’t immediately clear what caused the fire at 96 Main St., though it appeared to have started in the attic of the prominent downtown building, according to Fire Chief Jack Hennessey. “Sprinklers assisted with putting out the fire,” Hennessey told NewCanaanite.com. “The sprinklers saved the day. It could have been a very, very serious fire.

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Motorist Taken To Hospital After Car Strikes Telephone Pole Late Friday Morning

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Update 1:55 p.m. Friday

Officials cleared the debris from Silvermine Road which now is reopened, according to police. Original Article

Officials closed Silvermine Road between Little Brook Road and Carter Street late Friday morning after a car crashed into a telephone pole, bringing it down across the road. Fire, police and EMTs with the New Canaan Volunteer Ambulance Corps at about 11:46 a.m. reported to the scene of the accident, where the wrecked car had come to rest up against what remained of the pole. Just one vehicle was involved and one individual was transported to the hospital, fire officials told NewCanaanite.com. Police urged motorists to avoid the area and said updates on when the road was reopening would be posted through the NCPD Twitter account.

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PHOTOS: Old Stamford Road Temporarily Closed Monday After Tractor-Trailer Hits Railroad Overpass

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2:35 p.m. update

Old Stamford Road has been reopened to motor vehicle traffic, according to police. Original Article

Old Stamford Road is closed to all traffic between Lapham Road and Weed Street after a tractor-trailer struck the railroad overpass Monday afternoon. It happened shortly after 12:30 p.m. when a northbound vehicle struck the Metro-North Railroad overpass and it will take about five hours to re-open the busy state road, according to the New Canaan Police Department. Firefighters, police and EMTs with the New Canaan Volunteer Ambulance Corps responded to the scene. No serious injurious were incurred and no other vehicles were involved in the collision, according to fire officials.

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Safety Hazard To Be Fixed at New Canaan Firehouse

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The Board of Selectmen last week approved the preparation of construction documents to eliminate what officials call a major safety hazard at the firehouse. The designs will be created by Architectural Preservation Studio, a New York City-based firm with an office in New Canaan, and will arrange for a fall protection system for the current hose drying tower for $3,800, which is within the department’s budget, officials said at the June 14 selectmen meeting. The hose drying tower is a shaft that reaches nearly 2.5 stories in the back of the firehouse on Main Street. When the hoses are used, a firefighter must be at the top of the shaft making sure that they are in line, and there is no solid protection there, according to First Selectman Rob Mallozzi (a volunteer firefighter from 2004 to 2009 who also had served as secretary of New Canaan Fire Company No.1). _______________________________________________

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