Center St. Fire (Bridgeport, CT) 12/24/12

BRIDGEPORT, CT – At approximately 2:00pm on December 24, 2012, while companies were operating at another vacant dwelling fire, an assignment was dispatched to the corner of Center and Frank Streets for yet another vacant dwelling fire. The assignment was quickly filled out after units operating at the previous fire on Olive Street reported seeing heavy smoke in the sky in the area of Center Street. First companies on scene reported heavy fire showing from the second floor and attic of a 2 ½ story vacant wood frame. This was the third of six major fires that would ravage Bridgeport this Christmas Eve. A string of arson fires in vacants throughout the City’s Hollow section would keep the members busy for most of the day. Stratford, Fairfield, Easton, Shelton and Trumbull fire departments would also be called in to help cover the taxed Bridgeport Fire Department.