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Fire Reports | April 27-May 3, 2017

Published: May 04, 2017 12:00 am

Police said motorist Sharyn Fossum, 71, of Walnut Tree Village, who was driving a 2006 Volkswagen Passat sedan about 2:45 pm on April 28, inadvertently pressed the accelerator pedal instead of the brake pedal and drove through the closed overhead garage door for her garage there. Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Corps transported Fossum to Danbury Hospital, where she was treated and released, officials said, Sandy Hook firefighters responded to the incident. Police took no enforcement. (Bee Photo, Voket)

The dispatchers stationed at the Newtown Emergency Communications Center at Town Hall South, 3 Main Street, report the following fire calls and the emergency responders:

Thursday, April 27: 9:51 am, vehicle fire, 7 Butternut Ridge, Hawleyville and Hook & Ladder responded; 1:14 pm, alarm, 53 Church Hill Road, Hook & Ladder and Sandy Hook responded; 6:02 pm, alarm, 3 Nunnawauk Road, Hook & Ladder responded; 9:25 pm, alarm, 1 Harvest Common Road, Sandy Hook responded; 11:43 pm, medical assist, Chimney Swift Drive, Sandy Hook responded.

Friday, April 28: 12:58 am, medical assist, Suzie Drive, Hawleyville responded; 2:24 pm, initial report of a structure fire that was actually a furnace problem, 49 Lakeview Terrace, Sandy Hook, Hook & Ladder, Botsford, and Hawleyville responded; 2:46 pm, motor vehicle accident, near 180 Julia Court, Sandy Hook responded.

Saturday, April 29: 3:52 am, vehicle fire, I-84, Sandy Hook responded; 5:04 am, motor vehicle accident, I-84, Hawleyville responded; 9:32 am, alarm, 3 Nunnawauk Road, Hook & Ladder responded; 6 pm, medical assist, Charlie's Circle, Sandy Hook responded.

Sunday, April 30: 9:32 am, motor vehicle accident, intersection of Sugar Street and Boggs Hill Road, Hook & Ladder responded; 9:38 am, motor vehicle accident, western intersection of Sugar Street and Baldwin Road, Hook & Ladder responded; 10:44 am, illegal burn/outdoor fire, near 20 Cross Brook Road, Dodgingtown responded; 2:14 pm, investigation, 9 Blanches Walk, Hook & Ladder responded; 6:20 pm, chimney fire, 7 Kale Davis Road, Sandy Hook responded; 8:18 pm, medical assist, Scudder Road, Dodgingtown responded; 11:11 pm, alarm, 160 Boggs Hill Road, Dodgingtown responded.

Monday, May 1: 1:23 pm, vehicle fire, I-84, Hawleyville and Hook & Ladder responded; 2:57 pm, brush fire, near intersection of South Main Street and Swamp Road, Botsford and Hook & Ladder responded; 6:58 pm, alarm, 206 Hattertown Road, Dodgingtown responded.

Tuesday, May 2: 5:52 am, motor vehicle accident, near northern intersection of Toddy Hill Road and Clearview Drive, Botsford and Sandy Hook responded; 3:53 pm, wires down, near 23 Castle Meadow Road, Botsford responded; 8:20 pm, motor vehicle accident, near 63 Sugar Street, Dodgingtown responded; 8:55 pm, appliance fire, 63 Osborn Hill Road, Sandy Hook and Botsford responded.

Wednesday, May 3: 5:46 am, burning odor outdoors, near 88 Great Ring Road, Botsford responded.

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