Trailer fire Glen Liquor April 2019

Landscaper’s Trailer Catches on Fire Thursday Morning in Noroton Heights — No Injuries

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As a Stamford landscaper’s truck passed south through the intersection of West Avenue and Hollow Tree Ridge Road late Thursday morning, the trailer behind it became uncoupled and was dragged down the street a short way when it caught fire, according to a town official. Although the fire briefly blazed high and destroyed the trailer and everything in it, none of the Love Your Home landscaping employees or firefighters were hurt, said Assistant Fire Marshal Robert Rockwell. The trailer was still attached to the truck by its emergency chains, so it stayed behind the truck, but when it dragged on the pavement, sparks resulted, Rockwell said. There was about 30 gallons of gas in the open trailer, and the sparks lit some of it on fire as the truck rolled to the entrance by Glen Liquor, down the hill from the intersection, Rockwell said. Landscapers in the truck stopped it at the entrance in front of the store, part of the Noroton Heights Shopping Center, and quickly got out of the truck as the fire blazed high engulfing the trailer looming high above it.