Fairfield Fire Department responded to a reported car fire on I-95 Southbound near
exit 24. Engine 2, ladder 2 and car 3 arrived to find a minivan fully involved with fire on
the right hand breakdown lane. The driver was not in the vehicle, she was sitting in a Connecticut State Police vehicle. Engine 2 and ladder 2 shutdown the right 2 lanes of the highway to attack the fire. Engine 2 used an 1 ¾ inch hand line to extinguish the fire. Engine 3 was also called to the seen to supply additional water.
The cause of the fire appears to have been accidental, and under investigation.
By Stephen Krauchick
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