Millions of BlackBerry smartphone users have been cut off around 11AM, was affecting online services for consumers all over Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Read full report….
California bans use of tanning beds by minors
(Reuters) – Minors in the state of California will no longer be allowed to use tanning beds after Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill on Sunday prohibiting anyone under the age of 18 from using ultraviolet tanning devices. Read full story…..
Vandalism arrest follows moped chase
STRATFORD — A 49-year-old local man has been charged with vandalizing four cars with paint stripper and police say he is a suspect in more than 40 other similar incidents. Read full story here….
Monroe Fire Department Open House 2011
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Arson Suspected-Yacht Street Bridgeport
Fire officials are investigating that the fireat 199 Yacht Street in Bridgeport intentionally set. Around 8pm a call came in for heavy smoke on the fifth floor of this six story apartment complex. Firefighters discovered that rubber was set on fire in the hallway which they quickly extinguished. They called in the fire marshal for an investigation. 199 Yacht Street is across the street from Captain’s Cove Seaport.
Little Old Lady Causes Bomb Scare in Fairfield
FAIRFIELD, CT, October 8, 2011: Fairfield Fire Marshal Bill Kessler was on the scene for Hazardous Materials Collection Day in Veterans’ Park this afternoon at about 1:15 when a town resident opened their trunk to dispose of a variety of materials, including a glass pint container of tetrahydrofuran. The chemist from collection contractor Clean Harbors determined that the material may have become unstable and reactive, resulting in calls to Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection and the State Police Emergency Services Unit.
While awaiting their response, Fairfield Police closed a portion of Reef Road in the area of One Rod Highway as fire personnel cordoned off a one-hundred and fifty foot safety perimeter. With Fairfield Fire Engine 1 and Ladder 1, Shift Commander Stephen Curry, and Fire Marshal Kessler standing by, along with Stratfield Volunteer Fire Department’s Rescue 15 which had been assisting in the annual collection day, ESU units “rendered safe” the material at approximately 4:15pm, detonating it on site. “To my knowledge there was no criminal activity involved in this event,” concluded Kessler.
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Happenings NOW 10-07 thru 10-12-2011
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9:10pm–#Bridgeport–Police, Fire and EMTs responded to a car accident at the corner of Barnum and Hallett Street once again tonight. Last week a police car responding to a call crashed into a passenger vehicle with one officer still in the hospital with a broken pelvis. Earlier this spring there was a crash between a pickup truck and city bus.
FAIRFIELD-Reef Road Units on scene- found explosive device in garbage can, Connecticut State Police Bomb Squad on scene.
We are hearing from various sources including Seymour Fire Department of electrical power outages throughout the area. UPDATE–Power was restored after 6am, a substation in Beacon Falls was the reason.
3:13pm–#Norwalk–Pedestrian struck by car in front of the Super Stop and Shop on Connecticut Avenue.
1:27pm–Firefighters free 3 year old boy’s finger that he got stuck in a hole on his grandfather’s pick up truck on Kossuth Street. Firefighters had to cut the hole bigger to free the child’s finger. Child is fine and did not require medical attention.
12:26pm–#Fairfield–If driving, watch for two people on a wheel chair on Unquowa Bridge. Police will be checking it out.
12:15pm–#Bridgeport–EMTs on the way to Luis Munoz School on Helen St. for a student that swallowed magnets, now stuck in his throat.