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Month: December 2011

Happenings NOW 12-31 2011

Dec 31, 2011 Stephen Krauchick

[SlideDeck id='494' width='100%' height='400px'] 1:05am--#Fairfield--Molto Restaurant---Bartender and patron going at it, police on the way. 9:37pm--#Bridgeport--Report of a the front porch at 354 Seaview Avenue was on fire and now out. Fire department to investigate. 7:17pm--Bridgeport--Firefighters responded to a laundromat at 2462 Fairfield Ave. Upon arrival [caption id="attachment_5722" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Air inversion may cause false alarms of fires tonight."][/caption] they reported smoke on the roof. Upon further investigation they found no smoke or fire. The air mass we are experiencing tonight is heavy so any type of smoke is taking longer to to rise and sometimes hovers. We experience this a little over a month ago, firefighters from multiple towns were chasing false alarms. It certainly pays to advertise with…

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Camera Falls during Insight Bowl

Dec 31, 2011 Stephen Krauchick

What appeared to be a falling satellite during the Insight Bowl turned out to be the floating camera which has become common in sports for the last decade.  Lining up for a play near the 20-yard line at  of Sun Devil Stadiu in Arizona Friday.   Two Hawkeyes had to jump out of the way when the camera fell when the wire appeared to snap. SkyCam out of Tulsa OK provided the camera for ESPN.  No one was injured.

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Warde’s Buzzer Beater Beats Notre Dame

Dec 31, 2011 Stephen Krauchick

Written by Rich Pittera- Fairfield, Conn. Sports It’s one thing to have five three-point shots in a game. It’s special when two of them are buzzer beaters, but it’s a whole other thing when you break a tie with one on a game winning buzzer beater. That’s exactly what Fairfield Warde’s Mike Wright did in Fridays 52-49 victory over the Notre Dame Lancers on Friday night. “I feel amazing right,” Wright said moments after his game winning shot. The Mustangs came into the Fairfield holiday tournament hosted by prep as the team with the worst record at 1-2. In the first round of the tournament on Wednesday, in a game where no one thought it was possible for them to…

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Fairfield Fire Department responds to chemical spill at General Electric

Dec 30, 2011 Stephen Krauchick

As we reported as the story was breaking on December 29, 2011 at 5:58 PM, the Fairfield Fire Department was dispatched to a report of an outside chemical spill at General Electric Headquarters located at 3135 Easton Turnpike. A worker observed a large amount of fluid coming from one of the buildings and reported the problem to GE security. In accordance with local and state protocols, GE activated their emergency response plan and notified the Fairfield Fire Department and Connecticut DEEP of the spill. Upon arrival, the first fire units were notified that approximately 500 gallons of diluted heat transfer fluid from the buildings utilities had accidentally leaked from a broken pipe and entered the storm drainage system. The liquid…

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10 Homeless After Fire In Bridgeport

Dec 29, 2011 Stephen Krauchick

[caption id="attachment_5686" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="10 Homeless After This Fire"][/caption] Approximately 3:10am firefighters received a call of a structure fire at 26/28 Clinton Avenue possibly with trapped children, unknown floor. By 3:15 first units arrived and found heavy fire in the rear and that the building and it was occupied on the first floor. Initial searches found no one trapped and primary searches confirmed this. The fire was confined to the third story in the rear of the building. The video does show heavy smoke and water damage throughout the building. By 3:26am the bulk of the fire had been knocked down and firefighters continued working fire extensions into the building. Three fire lines were used in the attack. Around 4am…

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Happenings NOW 12-28 thru 12-30-2011

Dec 28, 2011 Stephen Krauchick

[SlideDeck id='494' width='100%' height='400px'] 10:28pm--#Bridgeport--Report of an odor of smoke at Valley Farm Drive Inn 1995 Boston Ave. UPDATE--Odor of burning plastic coming from the ceiling, they are investigating...recalled a short time later #Stratford--Earlier tonight police responded to the Bank Of America on Main Street for a ATM technician who locked himself in the bank. You can't make this stuff up! 7:12pm--#Bridgeport--Another electrical fire, this time at 450 Davidson St. at an electrical outlet. 6:02pm--500 gallons of glyco (anti-freeze) spilled at General Electric Headquarters on Easton Turnpike in #Faifield. Fairfield Fire Hazmat team now on the way. 5:09pm--#Bridgeport 231 Bronx Ave. update--smoke is coming from the fuse box in the basement. 2:55pm--Dinner will be ready...when the fire department arrives. #Bridgeport…

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Do You Know This Man? BPD Would Like Your Help!

Dec 27, 2011 Stephen Krauchick

Bridgeport Police is requesting the public help in identifying this man who is a suspect at two armed robberies.   The first robbery occurred December 20th and the second on December 21st on individual citizens.  Here he is seen at the Madison Key and Spirit Store on Madison Ave. shortly before one of the robberies.   Anyone with information can call the Bridgeport Detective Bureau at 203-581-5201, all infomation will be kept confidential.  

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