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Fire Reports | March 1-7, 2023

Published: Mar 13, 2023 6:00 am

The dispatchers at the Newtown Emergency Communications Center, at 191 South Main Street, report the following fire calls and the responders:

Wednesday, March 1: 8:24 am, natural gas leak – exterior, Equestrian Ridge Road, Dodgingtown responded; 8:28 am, smoke/odor investigation, Winding Brook Road, Hook & Ladder responded; 8:33 am, motor vehicle accident (MVA) with injury, I-84 West between Exits 11 and 10, Sandy Hook and Hook & Ladder responded; 10:58 am, medical assist, Riverside Road/Narragansett Trail, Sandy Hook responded; 5:47 pm, fire alarm – commercial, Edmond Road, Hook & Ladder and Sandy Hook responded.

Thursday, March 2: 12:06 pm, fire alarm – commercial, Mt Pleasant Road, Hawleyville and Hook & Ladder responded; 2:01 pm, tree/wires down, Berkshire Road, Sandy Hook responded.

Friday, March 3: 9:09 am, gasoline spill, Berkshire Road, Sandy Hook responded; 9:44 am, service call, Church Hill Road, Hook & Ladder covered; 5:31 pm, medical assist, Huntingtown Road, Botsford responded; 10:31 pm, medical assist, South Main Street, Botsford responded.

Saturday, March 4: 3:59 am, fire alarm – commercial, Church Hill Road, Sandy Hook responded; 4:15 am, fire alarm – commercial, Cold Spring Road, Botsford responded; 12:59 pm, fire alarm – commercial, Glen Road, Sandy Hook responded.

Sunday, March 5: 3:22 pm, MVA with injury, Berkshire Road/Pole Bridge Road, Sandy Hook responded.

Monday, March 6: 6:14 am, CO no symptoms, Dusty Lane, Botsford responded; 8:03 am, medical assist, Mt Pleasant Road, Hawleyville responded; 10:01 am, fire alarm – residential, Lakeview Terrace, Sandy Hook and Botsford responded; 11:32 pm, medical assist, Nunnawauk Road, Hook & Ladder responded.

Tuesday, March 7: 10:30 am, outside fire, Hemlock Trail, Sandy Hook responded; 10:34 am, tree/wires down, Rock Ridge Road, Dodgingtown responded; 1:03 pm, medical assist, Mt Pleasant Road, Hawleyville responded; 1:47 pm, brush fire, Berkshire Road/Sherman Street, Sandy Hook, Botsford, and Hook & Ladder responded; 1:54 pm, brush fire, Berkshire Road, Sandy Hook and Botsford responded; 1:57 pm, brush fire, I-84 West on Exit 9 off ramp, Hawleyville and Hook & Ladder responded; 4:42 pm, tree/wires down, Great Quarter Road, Sandy Hook responded; 4:52 pm, tree/wires down, Jeremiah Road, Sandy Hook responded; 5:08 pm, medical assist, South Main Street, Botsford and Hook & Ladder responded; 5:08 pm, medical assist, Main Street, Hook & Ladder responded; 5:24 pm, wires burning/arcing, Hyvue Drive, Dodgingtown and Botsford responded; 6:21 pm, tree/wires down, Hyvue Drive, Dodgingtown responded; 7:16 pm, fire alarm – residential, Pinnacle Drive, Dodgingtown responded; 7:44 pm, tree/wires down, Brushy Hill Road/Elm Drive, Hook & Ladder responded; 9:51 pm, fire alarm – residential, Sturges Road, Hawleyville responded.

Sandy Hook firefighters check a 2017 Hyundai Elantra on I-84 West just prior to Exit 11 after it crashed into a 2017 Jeep Grand Cherokee around 8:25 am Wednesday, March 1. CT State Police report Andrea R. Keller, 31, of Meriden, operating the Hyundai, failed to stop when the Jeep Cherokee in front of her vehicle slowed for heavy traffic. The Hyundai crashed into the Jeep, which crashed into the high speed guardrail before coming to rest facing oncoming traffic. The Hyundai then crashed into the guardrail along the slow speed side of the highway. Sandy Hook and Newtown Hook & Ladder were dispatched, as was Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Corps. Stony Hill and Nuvance ambulance crews ended up transporting the drivers of both vehicles to the hospital, however. Keller was issued infractions for failure to drive a reasonable distance apart resulting in a motor vehicle accident and operating an unregistered motor vehicle. —Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire & Rescue photo

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I want to clarify something that was not clear in my letter. Newtown DOES have an affordable housing plan, put together with the aid of the Council of Governments (COG) in 2022 and approved by the LC that year. The strategies in that plan are to "encourage", "support", "explore", "promote" various aspects of state and local affordable housing programs. Those strategies are largely repeated in the Housing Chapter of the Plan of Conservation and Development being finalized now. Newtown needs to measure its performance against those strategies and refine them to reflect the current situation and evaluate whether we are eligible for a moratorium on 8-30(g) projects if we have met the criteria. It's a question of being more specific and more rigorous in what we as a community would like to see to address this real and serious need, rather than to be on our heels when a developer proposes a project on their terms. An independent look outside the application process would be best for that. Thank you. Peter.

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I on Glover Ave. walk my two Labs every morning and evening. Drivers are constantly cutting me off at the shopping center entrance and other driveways. There is no understanding of pedestrians rights. Drives make left turns onto Queen when its forbidden. Most cars cruse right thru the crosswalks without stopping for pedestrians. The Police have not issued one citation nor even a warming for crosswalk violations. The situation is out of control and now a loved resident, Pete, and a pet, Coby have been killed. Time for a plan. The problem is not Intersections, nor traffic, the problem 98s drivers and lack of enforcement. The plan need to create a culture that drivers obey speed limits and honor pedestrians right of ways. Isn't that the job of the Police Department and The Police Commission, to protect Newtowns citizens. This is a call to action.

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Its already too late, the Nimby mob have scared developers so that their only option is to use the state wide 8-30 exemption to get around the local zoning board. Thanks Nimby mob.

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Ya gotta pay more to live in a Blue state and subsidize the 'affordable' folks.

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