Ridgefield Firefighters Mourn Loss of Ricardo Torres, Jr., Lamont Directs Flags To Half-Staff

Ridgefield Professional Firefighters are mourning the loss of fellow firefighter Ricardo Torres, Jr., from New Haven who died in the line of duty today. "We are truly saddened by the news of a Line of Duty Death of one of our brothers from New Haven. May God bless his family and friends as well as all our brothers and sisters at NHFD," they wrote on Facebook.

Governor Ned Lamont today announced that he is directing U.S. and state flags in Connecticut lowered to half-staff in honor of New Haven Firefighter Ricardo Torres, Jr., who died in the line of duty while responding to a residential fire early this morning.

Flags should be lowered immediately and remain lowered until sunset on the date of interment, which has not yet been determined. Accordingly, since no flag should fly higher than the U.S. flag, all other flags, including state, municipal, corporate, or otherwise, should also be lowered during this same duration of time.

The Office of the Governor will send out a notification when flags should be returned to full-staff.

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