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Fire Reports | August 3-9, 2017

Published: Aug 10, 2017 12:00 am

The dispatchers at the Newtown Emergency Communications Center report the following fire calls and the responders:

Thursday, August 3: 6:06 pm, alarm, 12 Newbury Road, Hawleyville and Hook & Ladder responded; 7:54 pm, wires down, near 72 Alpine Drive, Sandy Hook responded.

Friday, August 4: 9:48 am, hazardous condition, near intersection of Church Hill Road and Dayton Street, Sandy Hook responded; 4:20 pm, motor vehicle accident, I-84, Hawleyville responded; 7:54 pm, wires down, near 5 Flat Swamp Road, Dodgingtown responded; 10:01 pm, wires down, near intersection of Glen Road and Walnut Tree Hill Road, Sandy Hook responded.

Saturday, August 6: 11:56 am, wires down, near 8 Pine Street, Sandy Hook responded; 2:36 pm, motor vehicle accident, near intersection of Berkshire Road and Jordan Hill Road, Sandy Hook responded; 3:12 pm, motor vehicle accident, near intersection of Berkshire Road and Bradley Lane, Sandy Hook responded; 5:54 pm, wires down, near 28 Pole Bridge Road, Sandy Hook responded.

Sunday, August 6: 7:47 pm, alarm, 176 Mt Pleasant Road, Hawleyville responded; 8:19 pm, wires down, near 15 Scenic View Drive, Hook & Ladder responded; 10:55 pm, alarm, 6 Horseshoe Ridge Road, Sandy Hook responded; 11:24 pm, alarm, 6 Horseshoe Ridge Road, Sandy Hook responded.

Monday, August 7: 2:08 pm, alarm, 94 Suzie Drive, Hawleyville and Hook & Ladder responded; 2:08 pm, wires down, 40 Chestnut Hill Road, Sandy Hook responded; 3:10 pm, wires down, near 24 Chestnut Hill Road, Sandy Hook responded.

Tuesday, August 8: 8:43 am, alarm, 11 Queen Street, Hook & Ladder and Sandy Hook responded; 4:48 pm, initial report of a structure fire that was actually an overheated electrical outlet (see photo and details, above), 14 Riverside Road, Sandy Hook, Botsford, Hawleyville, and Hook & Ladder responded.

Wednesday, August 9: 9:03 am, odor of gas indoors, 50 Poverty Hollow Road, Dodgingtown and Hook & Ladder responded; 9:41 am, investigation, 38 Huntingtown Road, Botsford responded; 11:51 am, appliance fire, 10 Stonewall Ridge Road, Dodgingtown and Hook & Ladder responded; 7:15 pm, mutual aid call to Brookfield, Hawleyville responded.

Sandy Hook Fire & Rescue Second Assistant Chief Ryan Clark, right, used a thermal imaging camera in determining whether there was any fire within a wall at Newtown Senior Center, 14 Riverside Road, Tuesday afternoon. Firefighters determined that an electrical outlet, which was being used to power a window-style air-conditioner, had overheated and failed, creating the smell of smoke. The incident initially was reported as a structure fire at 4:51 pm on August 8, and Sandy Hook, Hook & Ladder, Hawleyville, and Botsford volunteer firefighters were all dispatched. There were no injuries. (Bee Photo, Gorosko)

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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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