Month: June 2020

Bridgeport News: Homicide in Bridgeport

2020-06-22@6:15pm–Police are investigating a homicide during a shoot out in the 2000 block of Fairfield Avenue. The driver was shot in the head while driving on Fairfield Avenue and crashed. He died according to sources. 2 males and 2 females were in a car taken in a carjacking last night in Bridgeport last night. There was no press release on this at all.

The Citizen Network has been started as a result of Mayor Ganim turning off the press’s Bridgeport Police radio. So if you see something, post something. Special thanks to Kevin, the first contributor!

 

 

Fairfield Phase 2 Openings

In the Town of Fairfield, Effective June 20th:
All playgrounds will open. Please be sure to maintain physical distance from others, use hand sanitizer before and after visiting, and face coverings are required when you can’t keep a safe distance from others. 

We reopened the Beach at Lake Mohegan which is open daily from 10:00 am – 6:00 pm.  The concession, bathrooms, and Splash Pad at the lake will also be open. Lifeguards will regularly clean the splash pad’s activation button.

I want to remind residents to please maintain a safe distance while visiting our recently reopened spaces. 

Effective June 27th:
Organized sports will resume on town fields after training and informational meetings can be provided for all coaches. All of our fields were recently visited by a sub-committee of our Town Emergency Management’s planning team to assure they could be opened for organized sports safely. Detailed guidance has been developed for leagues, coaches, parents and players. 

COVID UPDATE:
The rate of new positive COVID-19 cases in Fairfield continues to trend downward and we have had no new cases in the last three days. This is great news for our community. As we open more locations and allow for more gatherings, we are all taking on more risk.

All residents should continue to wear face coverings in public per the CDC guidelines and Governor’s executive order, which has also been scientifically proven to dramatically reduce the spread. Especially when in grocery stores and other public locations.

The Town of Fairfield has 641 residents who have tested positive for COVID-19 and a total of 137 of our residents have sadly lost their lives. Of the 641 residents who have tested positive in Fairfield, 297 have reported that they have fully recovered.

Charts and data on Fairfield cases including age, gender, nursing home statistics, testing samples, and different trend lines can be found at fairfieldct.org/covid19data

 

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Special Session For Police Accountability

HARTFORD, CT) – Governor Ned Lamont released the following statement regarding the package of legislative proposals announced today by the Senate Democratic caucus:

 “I plan on calling the General Assembly into special session during the month of July to address the issues of police accountability and expanding access to absentee ballots. There’s still more that we need to do in addition to those issues to address the complex and difficult problems of racial and economic inequality. I look forward to working with legislators and other stakeholders on those issues during the next regular session.”

 

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Fairfield Firefighters Battle A Large Brush Fire

Fire Department UPDATE: At 8:54PM PM the Fairfield Emergency Communications Center received a call from a resident at 36 Chestnut Street reporting a fire in the rear of her house. Car 3 Engines 1, 2, 3, and 4, Ladder 2 and Rescue 1 were dispatched. While responding Car 3 could see a large column of smoke in the area and called for Engine 5 to be added to the assignment. Fairfield Car 2 also responded to the command post.

Car 3, under the command of Assistant Chief Erik Kalapir, arrived on scene at 9:02PM and reported heavy fire in the rear of 36 Chestnut street and established command. Units immediately deployed hand lines to protect the homes on Chestnut Street and start the initial attack on the fire. Residents reported to first arriving units they had heard fireworks going off in the area shortly before seeing the fire. As additional units arrived, fire began to spread across a large area of marsh between Chestnut Street and Grasmere Avenue involving a portion of the Metro North railroad tracks. All train traffic was stopped in the area.Bridgeport Fire Department Engines 4 and 7, Ladders 5 and 11 and Norwalk Fire Department Truck 1 all responded to the scene to assist with operations fighting the stubborn fire from three different locations.

 

Utilizing multiple hand lines and master streams the fire was brought under control at 10:25PM. Train traffic on the Metro North Line was restored shortly after. Three firefighters suffered minor injuries, two were treated on scene and the other was transported to the hospital for further evaluation and treatment by American Medical Response and later released. Westport, Stratfield, and Southport Fire departments provided mutual aid for coverage of the Town while units were on scene.
The cause of the fire is under investigation at this time.

 

2020-06-21@9:00PMish #Fairfield CT–#ctfire–Firefighters were called to extinguish a very large brush fire on the railroad tracks between Chestnut Street and Kings Highway, or between Home Depot and Bed, Bath and Beyond. Two alarms were sounded, and Bridgeport sent mutual aid to battle the blaze. Firefighters had access issues in getting water on the fire but luckily no property was at risk. It took firefighters more than an hour to get a handle on the fire. There were no reported injuries.  The trains were stopped during the fire.

 

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