Wayne St. Fire (Bridgeport, CT) 9/4/14

BRIDGEPORT, CT – At approximately 1:00pm on September 4, 2014, Fire Commissioner James Meszoros spotted smoke in the area of Wayne Street. He followed the smoke and called in heavy fire showing from the 3rd floor dormer of a 2 ½ story wood frame home on the corner of Wayne Street and Terry Place. There were two people in the home at the time of the blaze, a 7 year old boy and his grandmother. Commissioner Meszoros quickly found the grandmother who was on an oxygen machine on the second floor. He removed her and a few oxygen bottles as the boy also made his way out. The fire was contained to the one room on the 3rd floor.