Two-Vehicle Crash on Route 2 Requires Fire Suppression and Extrication

Firefighters responded to a two-vehicle crash involving an overturned vehicle with a trapped driver and a second vehicle with an active engine compartment fire.

On Monday, September 21, 2026, at approximately 10:04 a.m., the Preston Fire Department responded to Route 2 near the Citgo gas station in Preston, Connecticut. An off-duty fire captain reportedly used a portable extinguisher to control the developing fire before apparatus arrived. Five occupants of the second vehicle escaped before flames reached the passenger compartment.

Arriving crews stretched a handline to extinguish the engine compartment fire while additional firefighters stabilized the overturned vehicle and began extrication operations. The trapped driver was successfully extricated in approximately 12 minutes.

The City of Norwich Fire Department responded as mutual aid, while American Ambulance assisted with patient care and transportation. Six people were transported to Backus Hospital with injuries reported as minor.

The circumstances surrounding the collision were not immediately available.

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