Southport News: Fire Destroy’s Home
#FAIRFIELD, CT, 12/26/2016: On Monday morning at 03:28 AM, Fairfield’s Emergency Communications Center received a call for a reported house on fire at 459 Morehouse Lane in the Southport section of Fairfield. The caller reported that there was a fire in the house and that all the occupants had escaped. During the families’ escape, one occupant jumped from a second floor window sustaining minor injuries. The first three firefighters arrived on scene under the command of LT Philip Higgins within ten minutes of notification. Upon arrival, firefighting crews found heavy fire involvement of the residence. All available on-duty personnel and equipment were called to the scene under the direction of Assistant Chief Schuyler Sherwood. The Westport Fire Department was special called to scene to…