33 Pequot road, Connecticut Scrap Yard. Metal scrap pile, Yard Fire. Around 6am, Montville and all town departments was dispatched to Connecticut scrap yard for the reported fire, on arrival of M-1 the top of the metal scrap pile was heavily involved extending rapidly, A request for a tanker taskforce was requested along with and extra ladder and engines.
As long distance water supply was established, the fire spreed to a 100x100 ft area, and now was deep seated in the pile. Command requested extra alarms for tanker which brought in a total of 14. Water supply was delivered by a 1500'+ lay from a hydrant, 2 draft lines from the river about 500' away, and two fill sites approximate 1.5 miles away. One was from a dry hydrant and the 2nd was a city water supply system.
Crews worked the incident from about 14hrs. over the course of the fire, the tankers averaged around 60,000 -90,000 gallons each.
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