Park St. Fire (Bridgeport, CT) 1/5/13

BRIDGEPORT, CT – Shortly after 2:30pm on January 5, 2013, the Bridgeport Fire Department was dispatched to the corner of Park and Shelton Streets for a fire in a vacant dwelling. Companies responding to the fire were notified that this was the scene of previous fires, and that it is littered with hypodermic needles both inside and outside of the structure. First units on scene found heavy smoke and fire showing from the rear of a vacant, boarded up, 2 ½ wood frame. This is just one more of the many vacant house fires that have plagued the city since Christmas Eve.