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Electrical issue near Nelson St sparks fire response, New Britain CT

Fire & Arson

Reported: 10/25/2025 05:59 PM

Near Nelson St, New Britain, CT 06053

Fire crews responded to an electrical issue near Nelson Street after a transformer blew on Gunhill Road. There was no active fire or smoke at the time, but low levels of carbon monoxide were detected. Concerns were raised about the presence of illegal natural gas heaters inside the building. Both the gas company and fire marshal were called to investigate the situation.

Audio|Source: New Britain Fire and EMS

01:34

Transcript:

00:00

I'm going to have your response to near Nelson St. I'm going to report that there was possibly a fire on the electrical box at the same time that the transformer blew on Gunhill Road.

00:13

No smoke, no fire right now.

00:15

Code 2[1] response.

00:19

Engine A copy Shosen Route 17-0 Street.

00:23

Code 2[1].

00:26

Engine 4 you can disregard.

00:28

Engine 4 is clear in quarters, sir.

00:35

Command dispatch.

00:38

Dispatch.

00:42

You can notify CNG to respond to this location.

00:45

We might have some illegal heaters here connected to natural gas.

00:49

And if you could also notify the on-call fire marshal to respond out this location also.

00:57

Received.

00:59

Are there any readings to report to CNG?

01:05

Yeah, we're getting some carbon monoxide about seven parts per million.

01:09

We have some heaters for it that are in question.

01:13

We don't believe this should be inside a structure.

01:17

So we want to have them come out and check them.

01:19

All right.

01:25

Command dispatch.

01:26

Command is being transferred to Engine 1, Car 3 and Car 7 will be waiting, Car 3 and Car 7 will be clear available.

01:31

Engine 1 and Live 1 will be waiting for Marshals and CNV.

Police codes explained

The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:

[1]

Code 2: Non-emergency or urgent response without lights and sirens.

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Near Nelson St, New Britain, CT 06053

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