3:26pm--#Ansonia CT--#ctfire--Report of a structure fire behind 93 Jewett Street. Firefighters on scene reporting smoke showing fro the road and that the homeowners have the bulk of the fire knocked down. Firefighters will be checking for extensions.
3:01pm--#Bridgeport CT--A tractor trailer has struck a utility pole knocking down low voltage wires in front of 402 Wood Avenue (near Maplewood Ave.) Police and firefighters are on the scene.
2:29pm--#Fairfield CT--A child was struck by an SUV while riding a motorized scooter on Castle Avenue Thursday afternoon. Witnesses told me the boy was riding on the sidewalk when he turned into the road and hit the SUV. An adult was seen walking the motorized scooter from the scene, he said the child was not seriously injured. The scooter did not seem to have much damage but the SUV had damage to the driver's front quarter panel.
2:28pm--#Bridgeport CT--Police are investigating a child that was just admitted to the emergency room at Bridgeport Hospital for a drug overdose. The child lives in the 1400 block of Stratford Avenue. There are no further details if this was accidental or even age of the child. If we get any updates we will of course pass it on to you.
(Bridgeport, CT – April 18, 2013) – Three people were in custody in connection with a commercial burglary on Main Street in the City’s North End Thursday. The initial alarm for 4173 Main St. was received at 3:15 a.m. The first officer arrived on scene at 3:18 a.m. When police first arrived, officers observed a white Cadillac in the alleyway. Also, the alarm company had contacted the owner of the AT&T store and reported an activation. The owner had remote access to view from his home feeds to the store security cameras and he relayed, through 911 operators, valuable real-time accounts of what was transpiring. Police later determined that the burglars gained access to the AT&T store through the adjacent…
12:44am--#Bridgeport CT--Police are investigating that a woman was slashed with a box cutter by her husband at 455 Trumbull Avenue Building 10 on the 4th floor.
12:51am--#Fairfield CT--Reports are coming of multiple mailboxes knocked over on Congress Street.
12:22am--#Bridgeport CT--A pizza deliveryman was robbed at gunpoint by two men near Wordin Avenue. N
Dramatic and disturbing video captured on video in Texas explosion. Casualty numbers are expected to rise as a condo complex nearby is burning and they expect more casualties from the condo complex. A school is also reported on fire. National Guard on standby. Listen to firefighters live here... If any thing major unfolds we will update. KWTX is the local station nearby--Live updates from KWTX here.....
KWTX is reporting 60-70 dead. An explosion ripped through a fertilizer plant Wednesday night in the town of West, Texas, sending a massive fireball into the sky and causing dozens of injuries, officials said. A number of nearby residents were being evacuated because of the possibility of another explosion, officials said. A hospital in nearby Waco, Texas, has been told to anticipate 100 injured people coming in from the fertilizer plant area, an official at the medical facility said. CNN has the full story here....... Listen live to the fire department here....
