Afternoon Still Alarm Prompts Mutual Aid Deployment of Ansonia Reserve Engine 6

Ansonia, CT - Firefighters from the Ansonia Fire Department responded on mutual aid Monday afternoon to support neighboring fire personnel battling an active vehicle fire.

Ansonia units were dispatched on a still alarm assignment during the afternoon of Monday, October 19, 2026, requested as a mutual aid working engine company.

Reserve Engine 6 responded to the scene under the operational direction of Deputy 22, who assumed Ansonia command on the fireground. Upon arrival, operating crews integrated directly into suppression efforts, establishing water supply connections to sustain attack lines and providing supplemental manpower to assist the primary operating agency.

Crews successfully contained and mitigated the vehicle blaze with no injuries reported.