Raging Dumpster Fire Nearly Destroys Westport Home

Westport Dumpster Fire Contained Quickly on Hales Court – DoingItLocal

2025-06-12@11:27am–#Westport CT– Westport firefighters responded to a dumpster fire about 8 feet from a residential structure on Hales Court. Engine 5 arrived to find a fully involved dumpster fire exposing the nearby home. Additional engines and the truck company were dispatched. Crews quickly established a water supply, cooled the residence, and extinguished the fire, preventing it from spreading to the building. The fire was brought under con…

Raging Dumpster Fire Nearly Destroys Westport Home

Westport firefighters stopped a fast-moving dumpster fire from spreading to a nearby home Thursday morning, June 12, officials said.The blaze broke out about eight feet from a home on Hales Court just before 11:30 a.m. When Westport crews arrived, the dumpster was fully engulfed in flames, with the heat melting the siding on a nearby home. Firefighters worked quickly and were able to put out the flames in just seven minutes. That prevented the f…