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Man threatens to kill, then assaults firefighters

Firefighters responding to a small residential fire were threatened by the homeowner

By John Pirro
The News-Times

DANBURY, Conn. — It’s one thing to fight a house fire. It’s another to be fighting a house fire and have someone who lives there start a fight with you.

But that’s what police said happened Saturday afternoon after Danbury firefighters extinguished a small blaze at a house on Ridge Road.

Police said Matthew Cimino, 56, arrived home just after 3 p.m., threatened to kill firefighters who had found a loaded, 20-gauge shotgun in his bedroom, where the fire started, then assaulted them.

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