11:11am--#Fairfield CT--Police are investigating whether the driver mistook the gas for the brake pedal at this one car crash outside the board of education building at 501 Kings Highway East. The accident happened in the bush area near the entrance way to the facility.
2:40am--#Bridgeport CT--Police and EMS called to the Holiday Inn on Main Street for a 4 year old found wandering the hallways.
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7:54pm--#Bridgeport CT--Firefighters help a tennant in the 100 block of Anton Street who locked herself out of her apartment on the second floor, and dinner on the stove began to burn. Firefighters gained access and are now ventilating the apartment. Time for plan B, dinner from Arthur's Famous Pizza House 430 Park Avenue. They deliver too! 203-333-8173
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcDgeXB-wOo 5:03pm--#Fairfield CT---#ctfire--Just after 5pm firefighters received a call of a fire inside the gym at Planet Fitness on Black Rock Turnpike. A fire marshal from another town was in the gym working out when the fire started and evacuated the facility. The fire appears to be electrical in nature tripping the fuse at the circuit breaker.
4:55pm--#Stratford CT--#nakedman--A report of naked male screaming outside of 680 Barnum Avenue. Another male threw the man into a white Honda Civic and sped off.
3:42pm--#Fairfield CT--If you child is late home from school its possible they are on the bus that just broke down in front of 750 Knapps Highway. A mechanic is on the way according to police radio reports. a>
#Bridgeport CT--Shortly after noon, the Fire Department did respond to a structure fire in an occupied home at 97 White St. The fire department responded and quickly extinguished the fire, which was inside the walls of the home. While responding, Ladder 6 was involved in a motor vehicle accident involved a car at the intersection of Barnum and Central. One firefighter was taken for observation to the Immediate Health Care clinic, an walk-in clinic run by Saint Vincent’s Medical Center. The fire truck sustained minor damage. The driver of the other vehicle declined medical treatment. The Red Cross responded to assist displaced residents, three adults and one child. Bill Kaempffer Public Safety Spokesman Bridgeport Police Department Bridgeport Fire Department
#BRIDGEPORT, CT--January 8, 2014– Mayor Bill Finch today announced that the City’s Roadway Maintenance crews will begin picking up Christmas trees on Monday, January 13. The pickup will continue through Monday, January 20. Residents are asked to place their trees at the curb and free of all ornaments and plastic bags. Trees with ornaments or wrapped in plastic will not be picked up. Trees may also be disposed of at the City of Bridgeport’s Transfer Station at 475 Asylum Street. Christmas trees brought to the Transfer Station must also be free of all ornaments and plastic bags prior to disposal. Transfer Station’s winter hours are 7 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday thru Friday (closed for lunch from Noon - 12:45…
12:32pm--#Bridgeport CT--Ladder 6 was involved in a crash on Barnum Avenue while responding to a call on White Street. The truck was hit at Central Avenue and Barnum Avenue. Unknown injuries. Firefighters are on scene at 97 White Street laying into a boiler room fire. We initially misheard the call to be on Wade Street which was inaccurate. UPDATE--Fire knocked down. Firefighters request fire marshal to the scene to investigate and Red Cross to relocate those living there. No reported injuries from the accident involving Ladder 6.
