Family Displaced After Smoky Fire Starts In Dryer At Brookfield Home

BROOKFIELD, Conn. — A couple with a young child were displaced from their Brookfield home after a smoky fire in the basement on Wednesday evening, according to WLAD-AM.

Brookfield Volunteer Fire Company responds to a basement fire Wednesday evening at a home on Candlewood Lake Road.
Photo Credit: *Brookfield Fire Department*

The fire in the clothes dryer was extinguished, and it promptly removed via a rear basement window after the fire in a Brookfield home Wednesday evening.
Photo Credit: *Brookfield Fire Department*

Brookfield Fire Chief Wayne Gravius and his aide Peter Myers at the scene of the house fire in Brookfield.
Photo Credit: *Brookfield Fire Department*

Brookfield Volunteer Fire Company Engine 1 on the scene of a house fire Wednesday evening on Candlewood Lake Road.
Photo Credit: *Brookfield Fire Department*

Brookfield Volunteer Fire Company responds to a house fire Wednesday evening.
Photo Credit: *Brookfield Fire Department*

Karen Tensa

08/10/2017 1:45 p.m.

Firefighters from across the area responded to fight the blaze in a house at 60 Candlewood Lake Road in Brookfield.

The Brookfield Volunteer Fire Department's line officers were all at HQ for the monthly officers meeting and were quick to respond.

Firefighters were able to quickly extinguish the blaze, which was reported just before 7 p.m., according to the Brookfield Fire Department. The basement fire was in the area of the clothes dryer.

Crews overhauled the site and vented the home with numerous fans. Units were clear by 8:30 p.m.

No injuries were reported. The cause of the fire remains under investigation by the Brookfield Fire Marshal.

Candlewood Lake Road was closed from Federal Road to Rocky Road during to the Fire Department activity. Mutual aid was provided by Stony Hill Volunteer Fire Company, Hawleyville Volunteer Fire Company, and Germantown Volunteer Fire.

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