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Darien Nature Center Damaged a Bit by Small Fire Caused by … Power Washing

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Workers hired to power wash the outside wall of Darien Nature Center on Monday, May 2, caused water to inadvertently make contact with an outside electrical outlet, which set off a small fire, police said. The workers saw smoke coming from a window at the nature center, located in Cherry Lawn Park at 120 Brookside Road, and a 911 call was made at 2:45 p.m. A dispatcher was told there was smoke in one of the classrooms.

When police arrived, they smelled and saw smoke coming from below a window on a wall at the west side of the building, just to the right of the building entrance. Darien Fire Department firefighters soon arrived and put it out. The fire was inside the wall, which firefighters tore out to make sure the flames were extinguished. No animals were harmed in the fighting of this fire.

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Small Garbage Fire at Cherry Lawn Park

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The garbage in a trash container at Cherry Lawn Park was found on fire just after midnight last Monday, police said. A police officer was flagged down by someone near the park at about 12:15 a.m., police said. Officers put out the fire with extinguishers, and firefighters from Darien Fire Department flooded the container with water to prevent the fire from starting again. The only damage was to the plastic lid. The Darien Park & Recreation Department was notified about the damage.