Jewett City

Firefighters from Jewett City contained a fire in a commercial building Wednesday afternoon. While companies were responding to a grass fire QV dispatch notified them of a structure fire at the former Triangle Wire factory on East Main Street. Plainfield Fire Department was assigned to the grass fire, while Jewett City redirected units to the factory and added Griswold, Lisbon, Voluntown and the FAST from Taftville to the assignment. First in companies found heavy fire showing from the roof and moderate smoke emitting from the building. Due to the size of the complex and time of day a full first alarm assignment with was started. Units from Plainfield, Baltic, Taftville, Occum, Mohegan Tribe second FAST and the American Rehab unit responded to the scene or was placed into staging. Firefighters mounted an interior attack knocking down the main body of fire, while a truck crew from Taftville went to work opening up the roof exposing some hot spots. All companies cleared the scene about three hours later with no firefighter injuries reported. The Griswold FMO is investigating.

Photos contributed by Rhonda Skidgel