An automatic fire alarm sounding at Danbury Hospital was triggered by smoke on the first floor from a dumpster on fire adjacent to the old emergency room entrance.  The incident was escalated to a first alarm assignment, which brought in additional fire units.  Arriving firefighters located an active trash compactor fire close to the building.  Oak Ridge Waste & Recycling was requested to the scene with a roll off truck to remove the compactor. Firefighters escorted the truck to their yard on White Street where the the load was dumped, spread out and further extinguished.

(Photo: DFD)