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Firefighters halt blaze at renowned White House lawyer’s mansion

Dep. Chief: ‘We had enough people to take care of what we had to do’

By John Nickerson
The Grenwich Time

STAMFORD, Conn. — A suspected electrical fire Wednesday morning sent flames through the walls of a seaside Shippan mansion belonging to former President Bill Clinton’s White House counsel.

The blaze at the 6,200-square-foot home of attorney Bernard Nussbaum was called in at 10:30 a.m. The alarm company told 911 dispatchers that a workman in the home was battling a fire inside a wall of the home.

More than 30 firefighters were dispatched to the two-alarm blaze at 100 Sea Beach Drive as winds gusting at 40 mph blew spray off the tops of waves crashing into the east facing seawall of the mansion. A huge ladder truck was sent to the scene to battle any blaze coming from the roof of the stately 1930s home.

Full story: Firefighters douse blaze at Shippan mansion

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