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A fire in a three family home yesterday morning on Park Avenue in Enfield, Connecticut. One firefighter suffered a minor hand injury.

According to the description with the video by drummer112093 at YouTube, the fire was handled by the Thompsonville FD with mutual aid from Enfield, North Thompsonville, Shaker Pines, and Hazardville.

Arriving firefighters battled the elements as well as the flames.

“The wind was a huge factor that really hampered our operations,” said Thompsonville Fire Chief Frank Alaimo.

The home was a complete loss, so firefighters focused on saving the surrounding houses.

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On this page are a series of pre-arrival videos from a fire late Tuesday afternoon in a sawdust storage building at Carris Reels Company on Randolph Street in Enfield, Connecticut. Witnesses say there was an initial explosion and on the videos you will hear and see a number of other blasts.

From Rich Tanguay at Patch.com:

The explosion occurred in a building used to store sawdust around 5:15 p.m., said Bill Ferguson, production manager for Carris Reels.

The storage building was rebuilt in the 1970s, and stores trailers which are filled with sawdust via a pipe from the main plant, said Mark Zarcaro, public information officer for the Enfield fire departments.

MAKE SURE YOU LISTEN to the interesting narration from htfdfire.com on the video immediately below discussing the response time and actions of the responding departments. In his description posted with the video he congratulates "everyone for saving the concrete walls and flooring!!" and writes, "THIS is why there are PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS and PAID Departments!! ."

Below that are two higher quality pre-arrival videos, also showing the early firefighting operations.