DERBY, CT - At 3:09 a.m. on March 13, the Derby Fire Department was dispatched to a structure fire at 385 New Haven Avenue near Derby-Milford Road. First in units reported heavy fire showing from a 100-year-old barn. According to Rob Novak, the executive director of the Derby Historical Society, the barn had Victorian architecture and was one of the last century-old barns left in the city. Engines 13, 14, 16, Truck 15, Rescue 18, Haz-Mat 19 and FD-10 responded to the blaze.

DERBY FIRE RECEIVES COVER HONORS in both the Connecticut Post (Front Page and pg. A2), and Fire Photo News! See images at bottom of gallery.

Photos also published in 1st Responder News.com ( http://www.1strespondernews.com/webpages/news/DisplayNews.aspx?PT=state&state=CT&ID=c1dc88f6-3d35-4c4a-bd47-dbb87e2e0d2f ), and Fire Photo News.com ( http://www.firefighting.com/fpn/fpn031805.pdf )

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