6:11pm--#Bridgeport CT--#ctfire--Firefighters were called to Jana Lingerie at 2442 Main Street for smoke in the basement. It wasn't anything you or I were thinking, it was just a ember from a grill dropped below the deck. No fire and firefighters quickly recalled the alarm of fire.
Today, Marty McCarthy and Phil Segneri, partners - Fire Engine Pizza Co., presented RYASAP and the City of Bridgeport with a check in support of theRYASAP’s Safe Asleep program. The program receives 25-40 calls per day and installs approximately 4,000 free smoke alarms in Bridgeport’s single and multi-family homes and apartments each year, saving lives every day. Prior to the Safe Asleep program, which began in 2005, Bridgeport had one of the highest incidents of fire related deaths in the United States. With a large population of children, families, seniors and persons with disabilities living in poverty, many households have limited resources to maintain their homes, let alone purchase and install smoke alarms and batteries.
1:05pm--#Norwalk CT--Today's car fire is at Norwalk Hospital parking garage at 38 Maple Street. on the top floor by the main level.
12:33pm--#Norwalk CT--#ctfire--Fire on the side of the house at 16 Reservoir Ave. The fire started in the mulch, a neighbor is trying ot put it out with a garden hose. Firefighters on scene confirming the fire is now out, checking for extensions.
Connecticut's Senate on Wednesday approved sweeping new restrictions on weapons and large-capacity magazines, a response to last year's deadly Newtown elementary school shooting that would give the state some of the country's tightest gun control laws. New York and Chicago had the toughest gun laws with over 400 killed in New York City and over 500 killed Chicago in 2012. No report on how those in the hood should turn in their illegal guns or how this will prevent another Newtown incident but both parties are patting each other on the back for approval. Republican Senator McKinney leads the way.
2:12am--#Monroe Ct-- A fire broke out in the second floor bedroom of a home at 24 Squire Road in the Barn Hill section of Monroe around 2:30am Thursday. A first-arriving volunteer firefighter and three police officers pulled an unconscious man downstairs and out to the front lawn where he was treated by Monroe paramedics and EMTs. A woman and four children escaped on their own, while another firefighter carried the family dog out to safety. The fire was contained to the master bedroom and was quickly extinguished, but smoke filled the entire second floor of the roughly 3,500 square foot home. The man pulled from the fire regained consciousness before being transported to the hospital but the extent of his injuries are unknown. A volunteer firefighter…
2:16am--#Bridgeport #ctfire--Firefighters on the way to 1210 South Avenue at Sikorsky for a structure fire that is now out.
1:32am--#Bridgeport CT--A home robbery just occurred in the West Avenue area. I did not get an exact address but police said it was two black males, one in a black hoodie the other in a white hoodie and fled on West Avenue. Both had guns. Between three to four thousand dollars in cash plus jewelry was taken.
1:01am---#Stratford--EMS on scene, police and fire on the way for a car accident that took down a utility pole at Broadway and White Street
12:56am--#Wilton CT--#ctfire--Chimney fire on Mountain Road in Wilton. Georgetown fire department taking care of it.
