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

BRIDGEPORT, CT – At approximately 9:30pm on December 24, 2012, the Bridgeport Fire Department was dispatched to 55 George Street for its 6th working fire this Christmas Eve. The members started the day with a 2nd alarm which consumed most of a large commercial building, and fought what appeared to be arson fires in vacant dwellings for the rest of the day. This was the 5th vacant dwelling fire. As units arrived on scene at George Street, they found a large 2 ½ wood frame vacant dwelling with heavy fire showing from the rear. An aggressive interior attack was made, due to the fact that one vacant structure proved fatal this day, but members were soon pulled out due to heavy fire consuming the dwelling and soon vented through the roof. Conditions also proved extremely difficult to the already taxed members on scene due to the heavy snow storm passing through the area.