WILTON – Three vehicles have been declared a total loss after catching fire in the parking lot of the Comfort Inn & Suites on Route 2 Saturday morning.
Wilton Fire Chief Sonny Dunham said he got the call at 2:36 a.m. He responded with two trucks and 11 firefighters and called Farmington for backup who came with one truck and 6 additional crew members.
“We cleared the scene and got back to the station by 8:30 a.m.,” Dunham said.
The truck, a 2004 Ford pickup, caught fire after what the fire marshal declared was a mechanical malfunction. The fire spread to the vehicles on either side, completely destroying all three. A fourth vehicle sustained minor damage, some melting of exterior plastic, according to Dunham. All four vehicles were insured. Nobody was injured in the incident.
Here are your room keys and a fire extinguisher. Thank you for staying at the Comfort Inn-ferno.
It doesn’t sound like Comfort Inn holds any blame for a vehicle mal-functioning. I’m glad they were all insured and no one was hurt.