An activated fire alarm at the UConn Agricultural Extension Center, next door to Stony Hill Volunteer Fire Company, brought in emergency responders early Saturday morning.  The Bethel Police Department investigated the locked building from outside, but could see smoke and fire inside. 

The incident was redispatched as a structure fire, bringing in a rapid intervention team from Brookfield Volunteer Fire Company.  Firefighters forced entry through a rear door and located a fluorescent light fixture burning in a hallway ceiling as well as the carpet below. A fire extinguisher knocked down most of the flames.

Crews opened up the ceiling checking for any more fire and found the fire was held to the immediate area surrounding the light fixture.

Stony Hill officials say if it weren't for the functioning, monitored fire alarm system, this would have been a much different outcome.  There were no injuries.