2:31am–#Bridgeport CT–Report of a structure fire at 68 Highland Avenue Building 3 on the roof. Probably another garbage chute fire again…..UPDATE–And it was the garbage chute.
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Search for a swimmer
11:03pm–#Bridgeport CT–#Fairfield CT–Fairfield have just begun search for a swimmer in South Benson Channel for a person who called saying their friends tried swimming to Fairfield from St.Mary’s and now cannot locate the swimmer. UPDATE–The two were located in a bar in Bridgeport…..
3 shot in Norwalk
9:57pm–#Norwalk CT– Reports of three people shot at 43 Taylor Avenue. No other details at this time.
Carnival fights
9:45pm–#Bridgeport CT–Police have their hands full with fights breaking out at the midway, now in the parking lot on Kossuth Street at the carnival.
2 Pedestrians Hit
9:31pm–#Bridgeport CT–Firefighters on scene with two pedestrians hit by a car on Williams Street. Unknown by the radio report if the car has stopped. Firefighters report two down on the roadway.
Pedestrian hit
7:11pm–#Fairfield CT–A pedestrian was hit by a passing car in the Jennings Beach parking lot. She has bruises on her thigh. Police trying to locate the vehicle.
Lost child
6:48pm–#Fairfield CT–If you are the beaches in Fairfield and lost your five year old police have the child at the clubhouse at the Fairfield Beach Club.
5yr old hit by motorcycle
1:26pm–#Norwalk CT–First responders on the way to Cross and Hoyt Street where a five year old has been hit by a motorcycle.
Watch the heat!
12:55pm–#Fairfield CT–EMS called to Jennings Beach for a semi-responsive sixty year old possibly suffering from heat exhaustion. Also, Sherwood Island State Park closed after quickly filing to capacity.
Strong odor of gas indoors
3:40am–#Fairfield Ct–Wake up Fairfield! Strong odor of gas in the basement of 510 Reef Road. Here come a bunch of fire trucks…..you had to go to the bathroom anyways…..