By Olivia Drake, HVFCo. Public Information Officer.
Members of Haddam Volunteer Fire Company provided mutual aid to Killingworth this morning, April 15, 2019. At 3:14 a.m., crews were dispatched to a reported structure fire in the 800 block of Route 148.
Upon arrival, firefighters encountered a working fire in a 2.5 the story home with exposure to a detached garage. Crews immediately made an initial attack on the exterior fire then entered the structure to extinguish fire that was within the structure. All occupants of the home were able to escape safely upon discovering the fire, thanks in part to working smoke alarms in the home. 
Killingworth Engine 3 deployed a 5-inch water supply line from Route 148 up the driveway to the involved structure which was approximately 1,500-feet away. Tankers from Haddam, along with Killingworth, Durham, Madison, North Madison, Haddam, Clinton, and Deep River, shuttled water from pond on Route 148 to a fill site near the end of the home’s driveway. Mutual aid companies also assisted with fire suppression, ventilation, and overhaul.
The home suffered significant damage from the fire and is uninhabitable.
The Killingworth Fire Marshal is investigating the cause of the fire at this time.
Photos by Olivia Drake.
