BRIDGEPORT, CT - On November 6, 2004, members of the Bridgeport Fire Department were dispatched to 51 Cottage Street for a structure fire. The blaze broke out around 6:10pm. Upon arrival, the first in companies found heavy smoke pushing from the large 2 ½ wood frame structure. There was a heavy fire condition in the basement which extended up through the balloon frame structure and eventually spread into the attic space causing heavy damage. The blaze caused the relocation of eight people.

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