Meriden Fire Department

Basement Fire 67 Main St 07/28/12

Meriden Fire extinguishes a smokey basement fire in an OMD at 67 Main St in South Meriden. Six residents required Red Cross assistance with temporary housing due to damage from the fire. No one was injured but a puppy owned by one of the residents required assistance for respiratory distress secondary to the whole structure being charged with smoke from the fire. The City's Fire Marshall and Electrical Inspector were called to the scene to investigate the incident.