Good afternoon,

Today at 11:22 hours Norwalk Combined Dispatch received a call for a reported structure fire at 201 Ely Avenue. Dispatch received additional information stating the living room was on fire and that an elderly female bedridden on the first floor was still inside. When Norwalk Fire Department arrived on scene heavy smoke was showing at the front and right side of the two and a half story residential home. Norwalk Police Department was also on scene trying to make entry.

Firefighters quickly stretched hose lines to attack the fire while others entered the rear to search for the victim. The victim was located in a front first floor bedroom and removed. CPR was administered on scene before Norwalk EMS paramedics arrived and care was transferred to them. There was a nurse on scene and she was able to exit the home on her own. The fire was confined to the first floor, with heavy smoke and heat damage throughout the entire home. There were no other injuries to report at this time. 36 Norwalk Fire Department personnel were on scene. The fire is under investigation by the Norwalk Fire Marshal’s and the Connecticut State Fire Marshal’s offices.