Employees had to drag scorched drapery and carried singed flower baskets from the charred interior of the Leo P Gallagher funeral home, following a two-alarm fire that caused considerable damage.
Officials said they suspected that the building had been broken into before the blaze was discovered.
Twenty-five Stamford Fire fighters battled the fire for two hours after it broke out at 3:39 AM on the first floor of the brick and wood in building at 20 Suburban Avenue.
There were no serious injuries but one firefighter was transported to the hospital for heat exhaustion.
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