NORWICH, CT - On Sunday, June 5th at approximately 2:50 P.M., Norwich 911 received numerous calls and reports from the CT State Police that there was a fire behind the Norwich Holiday Inn. The East Great Plain Vol. Fire Co. was dispatched.

While Car 5 was responding, dispatch advised that State Police were on scene reporting smoke and fire from the back of the hotel. Car 5 requested a second-alarm prior to arrival, as they did not know what was burning yet, and also it being a hotel. Upon arrival of Car 5, he found a fire in a bed of mulch that had extended to a 50'x30' maintenance outbuilding. The outbuilding was about two-feet from the kitchen section of the hotel.

Ladder 5 arrived and the crew pulled a one-and-three-quarter inch hose line to begin suppression. Engine 3 and Truck 1 from the Norwich FD arrived and Truck 1's crew was assigned to go into the kitchen area of the hotel to check for any fire extension while Engine 3 tied a supply line to Ladder 5, as they were running out of water.

EGP Engine 52 arrived and laid a five-inch supply line from the hydrant to Ladder 5. EGP ET51 arrived and pumped the hydrant. Yantic Fire Engine Co. arrived and assisted with salvage and overhaul. The Mohegan Tribal FD was on scene as the FAST team. Laurel Hill Fire Co. Hose Tender 6 was staged and Taftville FD Tower 25 was returned.

The fire was extinguished in about 10 minutes. Two sprinkler heads in the maintenance building had activated, keeping the fire from spreading further into the building. The Norwich Fire Marshal's Office is investigating. There were no injuries at this incident.