Smoke detector activated by outside campfire smoke

Heard on: Litchfield / Fairfield County Fire/EMS

03:44

00:00

00:14

Fire.

00:15

Respond (number withheld) Cornwall Hollow Road.

00:19

Activated smoke detector 52 Bravo 1.

00:22

(number withheld) Cornwall Hollow Road.

00:24

Activated smoke detector 52 Bravo 1.

00:26

Cross streets of Johnson Road and Lake Road.

00:29

1407.

00:38

Cornwall.

00:47

22, rescue 3 out in the area.

01:12

What's your location?

01:15

I'm on my way back from the town line.

01:17

I don't see any large branches, any power lines.

01:28

Okay, we're just north of Allen Hollow.

01:30

We don't see anything so far.

01:32

We had a small branch over at Austin Drive.

01:36

It looked like it might have pulled a little bit on some of the wires down.

01:40

But it's possible.

01:48

Working my way back.

01:56

Pleasant Valley Rescue Three, do you copy?

02:16

Car 1, car 6.

02:41

Car one, car one, this is two.

02:50

Four

03:00

six.

03:11

Car 12. Fire company called back to make contact with the homeowner and said it was set off by smoke from an outside campfire.

03:26

Requesting to cancel.

03:36

Received. Go ahead and cancel the call.

03:38

All units back in service.

03:43

Received. All units back in service.

2026-09-26 18:07 UTC

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Cornwall Hollow Rd, West Cornwall, CT 06796

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Smoke detector activated by outside campfire smoke

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