Returning a rental? Don’t forget your gun in the trunk!
5:33pm--#Bridgeport CT--An associate at Enterprise Rental on North Avenue reporting to police that he found a black handgun in a returned rental.
City 911 Center Staff Collects Winter Coats for City Children
(Bridgeport, CT -- Nov. 25, 2013) – Telecommunication operators in the city’s 911 center collected more than 50 winter jackets during a pre-Thanksgiving coat drive. The TCOs will collaborate with the police Community Services Division to distribute the coats at a city school. “Our 911 Center staff deserves a lot of credit,” said Mayor Bill Finch. “They are the calming voice on the other end of the line when a person calls 911. It’s such a demanding job. This coat drive just shows how committed these people are to the residents of Bridgeport and I thank them.” The TCOs started the coat drive about as week ago and boxes filled quickly. “We wanted to focus on children,” said Denny Viera,…
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Car Hits Fairfield Rite Aid
#Fairfield CT--At the same time firefighters were battling a fire at a dance studio across the street a woman confused the gas for the brake hitting the Rite Aid on the Post Road. News12 is reporting this woman hit a hair salon earlier this year with her car.
Car crash in Bridgeport
3:26pm--#Bridgeport CT-- Report of a motor vehicle accident with a pedestrian struck by Fairfield Avenue and Whittier Street, in the post office parking lot.
Fire at Fairfield Dance School
12:42pm--#Fairfield CT--Employees opening the dance studio at 1580 Post Road found the studio to be filled with smoke and called 911. Firefighters found their was a structure fire and immediately called for additional resources to the scene as well as mutual aid from Westport and Bridgeport. Firefighters found smoke and fire coming from the dance studio and exterior wall from the studio. Due to the size of the structure firefighters had trouble locating the exact location but said the fire started from an exterior wall and worked its way inside the structure. One firefighter received a leg injury fighting the blaze and was transported to Bridgeport Hospital.
Smoke in a business
12:42pm--#Fairfield CT--An employee at the Dance Fitness Connection at 1580 Post Road reporting smoke in the business. Firefighters on scene reporting nothing visible from the outside, going in to investigate. Update-- Firefighters confirm it as a structure fire.
Fairfield Fire
#FAIRFIELD, CT, November 25, 2013: On Monday morning at 8:17 AM the Fairfield Emergency Communications Center received a 911 call from the occupants of 911 Post Road, Advantage Staffing, reporting an odor of smoke in the building. The Fairfield Fire Department was immediately dispatched with 4 Engines and 2 Ladders along with the Shift Commander. Upon arrival of the first fire unit, Engine 1, reported smoke in the structure. During investigation, Engine one determined there was an active fire above the ceiling in Advantage Staffing. The fire department initiated an aggressive interior attack with charged hose lines. The building and adjacent stores were evacuated. Assistant Chief Schuyler Sherwood arrived on scene and assumed command. An additional engine company and AMR…
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Firefighters at the Post Office
11:55pm--#Fairfield CT--Firefighters are on scene at the post office on Commerce Drive for a possible overheated heater on the roof. The fire alarm and strobes were going off, called in by a passerby, no call from an alarm company.