Arson Task Force Checks 'Suspicious' Stamford Fire That Closed Bedford St.

STAMFORD, Conn. -- A three-story building on Bedford Street that houses medical offices was badly damaged in a "suspicious" fire, possibly arson, early Tuesday, reported the Stamford Advocate.

City and state officials are investigating a fire that badly damaged a three-story house on Bedford Street Tuesday morning, the Stamford Advocate reported.
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Donna Christopher

05/24/2016 12:30 p.m.

A Stamford arson task force and state officials with "an accelerant-sniffing dog" were investigating, Lt. Diedrich Hohn told the Stamford Advocate.

Five fire engines, two ladder trucks and a rescue vehicle were dispatched to the two-alarm fire on Bedford Street, the Advocate reported.

The fire closed Bedford Street for nearly three hours at North Street after it broke out at 5:45 a.m., the story said.

Stamford's Chief Fire Marshal Charles Spaulding "warned against jumping to conclusions" about the cause of the blaze, according to the Stamford Advocate.

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