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Fire reported in Ansonia home where shooting took place

ANSONIA A Myrtle Avenue home where a fatal shooting occurred was the focus of police and fire presence Thursday after fire broke out in the basement.

Firefighters quickly extinguished a dryer vent blaze that had filled the lower level of 81 Myrtle Avenue with smoke.

The home was the same site where Michael Griffin was shot dead by police in early January. The State Police and Danbury States Attorney Stephen Sedensky are investigating that incident.

This time, nearly 25 firefighters and five pieces of equipment responded to the home shortly before 2 p.m. Thursday.

The maintenance man came running to one of our vehicles which was nearby dealing with electrical lines down, said Fire Chief Michael Eheman. He said he had emptied several fire extinguishers trying to put the fire out.

So a call for additional help was put out.

We got it out in 10 or 15 minutes, Eheman said. There was so much wind we didnt even need fans to clear the smoke from the basement.

The fire chief said the first floor clothes dryer vented into the basement. He called the damage very, very minimal.

Firefighters were nearby because a a tree limb had fallen and knocked down utility wires near the intersection of Orchard Street and Myrtle Avenue. United Illuminating crews were at that site restringing the wires.

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