Haddam Volunteer Fire Company responded to a utility pole fire just after 4:30 p.m. on April 1,2015 at 1292 Saybrook Road in Haddam. A tree branch had fallen, crossed the power line and snapped the line in half. Both ends of the wires fell and arced to the ground for about 20 minutes causing several fire flame-ups along side the road. Firefighters shut down traffic for about 45 minutes as EverSource de-energized the pole. Once EverSource deemed the area safe, firefighters used a hose line from Engine 1-13 to cool the ground, which had the potential to be about 2,000 degrees. The area was so hot, water boiled on the surface. While using New York hooks to penetrate the ground, firefighters removed three rocky masses called fulgurites. Fulgurites are irregularly shaped tubes formed by fusion when lightning, or in this case, electricity, strikes sand. The intense heat of the arc and the high current flowing into the ground causes sand, rocks, and minerals in the soil near the line to fuse into a glassy, lava-like substance. (Photo by Olivia Drake)

At 7:15 p.m. Jan. 10, 2015 a structure fire was reported at a two-story colonial on Killingworth Road (Rt. 81). Heavy fire and smoke was showing on arrival. Fire suppression required the efforts of seven area fire departments including Haddam, Killingworth, Chester, Durham, Clinton, East Haddam and Haddam Neck, also joined by Haddam Volunteer Ambulance Service. Middletown South District provided a Rapid Intervention Team and Essex provided station coverage for Haddam. The homeowner was inside at the time of the fire but escaped without injury. Traffic was diverted for approximately three hours while the scene remained active. (Photo by Olivia Drake)

At 7:15 p.m. Jan. 10, 2015 a structure fire was reported at a two-story colonial on Killingworth Road (Rt. 81). Heavy fire and smoke was showing on arrival. Fire suppression required the efforts of seven area fire departments including Haddam, Killingworth, Chester, Durham, Clinton, East Haddam and Haddam Neck, also joined by Haddam Volunteer Ambulance Service. Middletown South District provided a Rapid Intervention Team and Essex provided station coverage for Haddam. The homeowner was inside at the time of the fire but escaped without injury. Traffic was diverted for approximately three hours while the scene remained active. (Photo by Olivia Drake)

At 7:15 p.m. Jan. 10, 2015 a structure fire was reported at a two-story colonial on Killingworth Road (Rt. 81). Heavy fire and smoke was showing on arrival. Fire suppression required the efforts of seven area fire departments including Haddam, Killingworth, Chester, Durham, Clinton, East Haddam and Haddam Neck, also joined by Haddam Volunteer Ambulance Service. Middletown South District provided a Rapid Intervention Team and Essex provided station coverage for Haddam. The homeowner was inside at the time of the fire but escaped without injury. Traffic was diverted for approximately three hours while the scene remained active. (Photo by Olivia Drake)

At 7:15 p.m. Jan. 10, 2015 a structure fire was reported at a two-story colonial on Killingworth Road (Rt. 81). Heavy fire and smoke was showing on arrival. Fire suppression required the efforts of seven area fire departments including Haddam, Killingworth, Chester, Durham, Clinton, East Haddam and Haddam Neck, also joined by Haddam Volunteer Ambulance Service. Middletown South District provided a Rapid Intervention Team and Essex provided station coverage for Haddam. The homeowner was inside at the time of the fire but escaped without injury. Traffic was diverted for approximately three hours while the scene remained active. (Photo by Olivia Drake)

At 7:15 p.m. Jan. 10, 2015 a structure fire was reported at a two-story colonial on Killingworth Road (Rt. 81). Heavy fire and smoke was showing on arrival. Fire suppression required the efforts of seven area fire departments including Haddam, Killingworth, Chester, Durham, Clinton, East Haddam and Haddam Neck, also joined by Haddam Volunteer Ambulance Service. Middletown South District provided a Rapid Intervention Team and Essex provided station coverage for Haddam. The homeowner was inside at the time of the fire but escaped without injury. Traffic was diverted for approximately three hours while the scene remained active. (Photo by Olivia Drake)

Haddam Volunteer Fire Company responded to a morning chimney fire Dec. 13, 2014 at a residence on Saybrook Road. Finding no extension, firefighters emptied the wood stove inside the home and dropped chains down the chimney pipe from the roof to clear debris. The homeowner was advised to have the pipe professionally cleaned. (Photo by Olivia Drake)

Haddam Volunteer Fire Company responded to a chimney fire with extension on Orchard Road in Haddam at 10 p.m. Jan. 7, 2015. Upon arrival, firefighters found the home engulfed in smoke which stemmed from a faulty fireplace in the home's rear bedroom. Firefighters removed a section of a neighboring wall and the ceiling and extinguished the fire with two water extinguishers. Firefighters also crawled into the home's attic and used thermal imaging cameras to check for any additional hot spots. They also inspected the chimney from the rooftop and found no extension. Fire Marshal Bill Robbins was on scene to investigate. (Photo by Olivia Drake)

Haddam Volunteer Fire Company responded to a chimney fire with extension on Orchard Road in Haddam at 10 p.m. Jan. 7, 2015. Upon arrival, firefighters found the home engulfed in smoke which stemmed from a faulty fireplace in the home's rear bedroom. Firefighters removed a section of a neighboring wall and the ceiling and extinguished the fire with two water extinguishers. Firefighters also crawled into the home's attic and used thermal imaging cameras to check for any additional hot spots. They also inspected the chimney from the rooftop and found no extension. Fire Marshal Bill Robbins was on scene to investigate. (Photo by Olivia Drake)

Haddam Volunteer Fire Company responded to a chimney fire with extension on Orchard Road in Haddam at 10 p.m. Jan. 7, 2015. Upon arrival, firefighters found the home engulfed in smoke which stemmed from a faulty fireplace in the home's rear bedroom. Firefighters removed a section of a neighboring wall and the ceiling and extinguished the fire with two water extinguishers. Firefighters also crawled into the home's attic and used thermal imaging cameras to check for any additional hot spots. They also inspected the chimney from the rooftop and found no extension. Fire Marshal Bill Robbins was on scene to investigate. (Photo by Olivia Drake)

At 7:15 p.m. Jan. 10, 2015 a structure fire was reported at a two-story colonial on Killingworth Road (Rt. 81). Heavy fire and smoke was showing on arrival. Fire suppression required the efforts of seven area fire departments including Haddam, Killingworth, Chester, Durham, Clinton, East Haddam and Haddam Neck, also joined by Haddam Volunteer Ambulance Service. Middletown South District provided a Rapid Intervention Team and Essex provided station coverage for Haddam. The homeowner was inside at the time of the fire but escaped without injury. Traffic was diverted for approximately three hours while the scene remained active. (Photo by Olivia Drake)

At 7:15 p.m. Jan. 10, 2015 a structure fire was reported at a two-story colonial on Killingworth Road (Rt. 81). Heavy fire and smoke was showing on arrival. Fire suppression required the efforts of seven area fire departments including Haddam, Killingworth, Chester, Durham, Clinton, East Haddam and Haddam Neck, also joined by Haddam Volunteer Ambulance Service. Middletown South District provided a Rapid Intervention Team and Essex provided station coverage for Haddam. The homeowner was inside at the time of the fire but escaped without injury. Traffic was diverted for approximately three hours while the scene remained active. (Photo by Olivia Drake)

Haddam Volunteer Fire Company responded to a chimney fire at 6:15 a.m. Jan. 29, 2015 at a residence on Christian Hill Road. Exterior firefighters on the roof dropped chains to knock burning debris within the chimney stack while interior firefighters removed the ashes from the home's wood stove. The homeowners were advised to get their chimney swept. (Photo by Olivia Drake)

Haddam Volunteer Fire Company responded to a chimney fire at 6:15 a.m. Jan. 29, 2015 at a residence on Christian Hill Road. Exterior firefighters on the roof dropped chains to knock burning debris within the chimney stack while interior firefighters removed the ashes from the home's wood stove. The homeowners were advised to get their chimney swept. (Photo by Olivia Drake)

Haddam Volunteer Fire Company was dispatched to a chimney fire without extension on Morris Hubbard Road at 9 a.m. Nov. 14, 2015. Firefighters used a thermal imaging camera to determine any “hot spots” inside the home. Outside, firefighters used chimney chains to knock down burning creosote in the chimney. Haddam Fire members recommended the homeowners get their chimney cleaned and inspected. (Photo by Olivia Drake)

Haddam Volunteer Fire Company responded to a utility pole fire just after 4:30 p.m. on April 1,2015 at 1292 Saybrook Road in Haddam. A tree branch had fallen, crossed the power line and snapped the line in half. Both ends of the wires fell and arced to the ground for about 20 minutes causing several fire flame-ups along side the road. Firefighters shut down traffic for about 45 minutes as EverSource de-energized the pole. Once EverSource deemed the area safe, firefighters used a hose line from Engine 1-13 to cool the ground, which had the potential to be about 2,000 degrees. The area was so hot, water boiled on the surface. While using New York hooks to penetrate the ground, firefighters removed three rocky masses called fulgurites. Fulgurites are irregularly shaped tubes formed by fusion when lightning, or in this case, electricity, strikes sand. The intense heat of the arc and the high current flowing into the ground causes sand, rocks, and minerals in the soil near the line to fuse into a glassy, lava-like substance. (Photo by Olivia Drake)

At 7:15 p.m. Jan. 10, 2015 a structure fire was reported at a two-story colonial on Killingworth Road (Rt. 81). Heavy fire and smoke was showing on arrival. Fire suppression required the efforts of seven area fire departments including Haddam, Killingworth, Chester, Durham, Clinton, East Haddam and Haddam Neck, also joined by Haddam Volunteer Ambulance Service. Middletown South District provided a Rapid Intervention Team and Essex provided station coverage for Haddam. The homeowner was inside at the time of the fire but escaped without injury. Traffic was diverted for approximately three hours while the scene remained active. (Photo by Olivia Drake)

Haddam Volunteer Fire Company responded to a morning chimney fire Dec. 13, 2014 at a residence on Saybrook Road. Finding no extension, firefighters emptied the wood stove inside the home and dropped chains down the chimney pipe from the roof to clear debris. The homeowner was advised to have the pipe professionally cleaned. (Photo by Olivia Drake)

At 7:15 p.m. Jan. 10, 2015 a structure fire was reported at a two-story colonial on Killingworth Road (Rt. 81). Heavy fire and smoke was showing on arrival. Fire suppression required the efforts of seven area fire departments including Haddam, Killingworth, Chester, Durham, Clinton, East Haddam and Haddam Neck, also joined by Haddam Volunteer Ambulance Service. Middletown South District provided a Rapid Intervention Team and Essex provided station coverage for Haddam. The homeowner was inside at the time of the fire but escaped without injury. Traffic was diverted for approximately three hours while the scene remained active. (Photo by Olivia Drake)

At 7:15 p.m. Jan. 10, 2015 a structure fire was reported at a two-story colonial on Killingworth Road (Rt. 81). Heavy fire and smoke was showing on arrival. Fire suppression required the efforts of seven area fire departments including Haddam, Killingworth, Chester, Durham, Clinton, East Haddam and Haddam Neck, also joined by Haddam Volunteer Ambulance Service. Middletown South District provided a Rapid Intervention Team and Essex provided station coverage for Haddam. The homeowner was inside at the time of the fire but escaped without injury. Traffic was diverted for approximately three hours while the scene remained active. (Photo by Olivia Drake)

At 7:15 p.m. Jan. 10, 2015 a structure fire was reported at a two-story colonial on Killingworth Road (Rt. 81). Heavy fire and smoke was showing on arrival. Fire suppression required the efforts of seven area fire departments including Haddam, Killingworth, Chester, Durham, Clinton, East Haddam and Haddam Neck, also joined by Haddam Volunteer Ambulance Service. Middletown South District provided a Rapid Intervention Team and Essex provided station coverage for Haddam. The homeowner was inside at the time of the fire but escaped without injury. Traffic was diverted for approximately three hours while the scene remained active. (Photo by Olivia Drake)

At 7:15 p.m. Jan. 10, 2015 a structure fire was reported at a two-story colonial on Killingworth Road (Rt. 81). Heavy fire and smoke was showing on arrival. Fire suppression required the efforts of seven area fire departments including Haddam, Killingworth, Chester, Durham, Clinton, East Haddam and Haddam Neck, also joined by Haddam Volunteer Ambulance Service. Middletown South District provided a Rapid Intervention Team and Essex provided station coverage for Haddam. The homeowner was inside at the time of the fire but escaped without injury. Traffic was diverted for approximately three hours while the scene remained active. (Photo by Olivia Drake)

At 7:15 p.m. Jan. 10, 2015 a structure fire was reported at a two-story colonial on Killingworth Road (Rt. 81). Heavy fire and smoke was showing on arrival. Fire suppression required the efforts of seven area fire departments including Haddam, Killingworth, Chester, Durham, Clinton, East Haddam and Haddam Neck, also joined by Haddam Volunteer Ambulance Service. Middletown South District provided a Rapid Intervention Team and Essex provided station coverage for Haddam. The homeowner was inside at the time of the fire but escaped without injury. Traffic was diverted for approximately three hours while the scene remained active. (Photo by Olivia Drake)