10 injured in 5 car Merritt crash
3:55pm--#Stratford CT--#cttraffic--10 people are injured and on the way to the hospital with non life threatening injuries in a 5 car crash on the Merritt Parkway southbound 1.3 miles past exit 53.
Tonight’s Car Fire
3:11am--#Bridgeport CT #Fairfield CT--Tonight's car fire is in Black Rock/Bridgeport on the Fairfield border at 3488 Fairfield Avenue. No word if there are any chestnuts roasting on this car fire.....
DOT truck ambulance crash
10:39pm--#Greenwich CT--#cttraffic--DOT truck requested to treat the Merritt Parkway exit ramp 31 after an ambulance and DOT slid and crashed into a couple of cars.
Norwalk crash
10:34pm--#Norwalk CT--Report of a rollover crash on West Rocks Road. All are out of the vehicle.
Several crashes on Merritt Parkway
10:02pm--#Fairfield CT #Westport CT #cttraffic--First responders very busy on the Merritt Parkway between no man's land and Westport with several accidents.
Restaurant robbed at gunpoint
9:20pm--#Bridgeport CT--The New China Restaurant at 1550 Wood Avenue was just robbed of $200 at gunpoint.
Bracelets for Christmas
6:01pm--#Trumbull CT--2 in custody for shoplifting at the Trumbull Mall and 2 the previous hour. I don't normally post shoplifters but wow, 4 in an hour at the same location!
Garbage chute fire
5:35pm--#Bridgeport CT--Report of a garbage chute fire on the 10th floor at 525 Palisade Avenue. Firefighters on the way.
Armed robbery
2:51pm--#Bridgeport CT--A man was just robbed at gunpoint in the 1800 block of Capitol Avenue.
Redding Youth Donates Teddy Bears to BFD to Help Reassure Sick Children
#Bridgeport, CT – Dec. 24, 2013 – Ten-year-old Vladimir Romano has a simple explanation for why he sells lemonade and buys teddy bears to give to fire departments for children. “I don’t want people to be more scared than I was,” he said in a visit to Bridgeport Fire Headquarters this morning. Vladimir was 3-years-old when he spiked a 105 degree temperature and was taken to the hospital by ambulance. He was scared. He remembers a firefighter putting a stuffed bear on his chest and it made him feel better. A couple years later, he opened his first lemonade stand and his mother, Merian Schwindeman, asked what he wanted to do with the money. “He said, ‘I’m going to give it…