Conn. Firefighter Injured at House Fire Dies

Updated: Listed by the USFA on 28 July 2025.

On July 27, 2025, at approximately 6:20 a.m., the Plainville Fire Department was dispatched to a residential structure fire. Multiple fire units from the Plainville Fire Department arrived on scene. Firefighter Raymond Moreau was working on scene and standing outside the house when a piece from a nearby fire apparatus broke free and struck him, causing catastrophic injuries to his leg. Firefighter Moreau was transported to a hospital where he succumbed to his injuries during surgery.

Age: 60
Rank: Firefighter
Classification: Volunteer
Incident date: July 27, 2025 6:20 AM
Date of death: July 27, 2025
Cause of fatal injury: Struck By
Nature of fatal injury: Trauma
Activity type: Other
Emergency duty: Yes
Duty type: On-Scene Fire
Fixed property use: Residential

The number of on-duty deaths for 2025 is currently 48.

Go here to read the number of interior line of duty deaths for 2025.

Fatality status is provisional and may change as USFA contacts State Fire Marshals to verify fatality incident information.

For more information about on-duty deaths as recorded by the United States Fire Administration go to “Firefighter Fatalities in the United States.”

Earlier:

PLAINVILLE, Conn. — A Plainville firefighter who was injured during a house fire in has died, according to town officials.

NBC Connecticut reported firefighters responded to the home on Maria Road around 6:30 a.m. and found heavy fire conditions. Mutual aid was called in from Bristol and Farmington. WFSB reported that the occupants were inside at the time of the fire and had escaped with the assistance of firefighters.

According to officials, one injured firefighter was transported to the Hospital of Central Connecticut in New Britain. Plainville Town Manager Michael Paulhus said the firefighter later passed away from their injuries. The firefighter’s identity has not been released while their family is notified.

There has been no report on the type of injury and how the injury occurred.

Photo courtesy of the Plainville Fire Department/Facebook.