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Fire crews handle furnace flare-up on Richards St

Heard on: West Hartford Police, Fire and EMS
04:36
00:00
Car 4, medic 21, truck 3, ladder 4, engine 5 respond to (number withheld) Richards Street for the structure alarm.
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Richard St, West Hartford, CT 06119
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As discussed during the dispatch call, fire and rescue units responded to a possible structure fire at a home on Richards Street in West Hartford after heavy smoke was seen coming from a chimney. The situation was later determined to be a furnace backfire, and no major damage or injuries were reported.

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