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1:22pm–#Bridgeport, CT – Bridgeport Firefighters responded to significant house fire at about 1:15 p.m. Wednesday. No serious injuries were reported.

The fire happed at 951-953-959 Capitol Ave. in a three-story, three-family house.

Assistant Fire Chief Ivan Fossesigurani said firefighters leaving the station on Congress Street could see smoke in the distance and, on arrival, encountered heavy fire coming from the second and third floors. He estimated the flames were shooting more than 25 feet into the air.

Four fire engines, two ladder trucks and an assistant and deputy chief responded. An addition ladder and engine were staged in case additional resources were needed.

Firefighters learned that all occupants had escaped the house but conducted primary and secondary searches of the interior to make certain. An hour after the fire was first reported, firefighters continued to look for hotspots and hidden fire.

The home, Fossesigurani said, had at some point been renovated, created hidden voids that firefighters had to locate and extinguish any fire.

The American Red Cross responded. An estimated eight people were displaced, including six adults and two children.

1:59pm–#Fairfield CT–An elderly driver hit a parked car and crashed into the Bed Bath and Beyond on Kings Highway this afternoon.  The driver was transported to the hospital with unknown injuries.  The building had minor damage to the bricks to the right of the entrance way.

10:57am–#Bridgeport CT–Report of a building that has collapsed at 41 Harborview Place. UPDATE– This was a partial building collapse, a construction worker fell in the process, has only minor injuries, there is no further risk of collapse.  The house was under remodeling and as you can see the beam to the left in the picture split in two.  Fire marshall and building inspector are investigating.

10:23pm–#Trumbull CT–Tonight’s car fire is in front of Marissa’s 6540 Main Street.