The dispatchers at the Newtown Emergency Communications Center at Town Hall South, 3 Main Street, report the following fire calls and the responders:Thursday, April 26: 1:16 pm, brush fire, near 12 Bridge End Farm Lane, Sandy Hook and Hook & Ladder responded; 7:06 pm, illegal burn/outdoor fire, near 181 Sugar Street, Dodgingtown responded.Friday, April 27: 10:34 pm, medical assist, Church Hill Road, Hook & Ladder responded.Saturday, April 28: 4:21 am, medical assist, High Rock Road, Botsford responded; 10:04 am, vehicle fire, I-84, Hawleyville responded; 11:17 am, public service, 57 Pecks Lane, Botsford responded; 12:02 pm, motor vehicle accident, near 76 South Main Street, Hook & Ladder responded; 2:21 pm, wires down, near intersection of Deep Brook Road and Point O' Rocks Road, Hook & Ladder responded; 3:20 pm, hazardous condition, intersection of Plumtrees Road, Taunton Hill Road, and Great Hill Road, Hawleyville responded; 3:55 pm, illegal burn/outdoor fire, near intersection of Bennetts Bridge Road and Bresson Farm Road, Sandy Hook responded; 5:33 pm, alarm, 10 Willow Brook Lane, Dodgingtown responded; 8:45 pm, investigation, intersection of Boggs Hill Road and Palestine Road, Dodgingtown responded.Sunday, April 29: 3:11 pm, hazardous condition, 3 Nunnawauk Road, Hook & Ladder responded.Monday, April 30: No calls listed.Tuesday, May 1: 7:51 am, motor vehicle accident, I-84, Hook & Ladder responded; 11:16 am, alarm, 3 Nunnawauk Road, Hook & Ladder and Botsford responded; 12:48 pm, medical assist, Crows Nest Lane, Sandy Hook responded; 4:55 pm, brush fire, near 31 Walnut Tree Hill Road, Sandy Hook and Hook & Ladder responded; 4:58 pm, alarm, 147 Toddy Hill Road, Botsford responded; 8:02 pm, wires down, near 71 Great Ring Road, Sandy Hook responded (photo above; photo and details below); 10:47 motor vehicle accident, near 276 Berkshire Road, Sandy Hook and Botsford responded.Wednesday, May 2: 5:49 am, medical assist, Mt Pleasant Road, Hawleyville responded; 2:05 pm, medical assist, Louis Hill Road, Sandy Hook responded; 4:22 pm, wires down, near 65 Queen Street, Hook & Ladder responded; 4:54 pm, brush fire, near 348 South Main Street, Botsford and Hook & Ladder responded.

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Newtown Police, Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire & Rescue, and Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Corps responded to a one-vehicle crash that happened along Berkshire Road east of its intersection with Jordan Hill Road around 10:45 pm Tuesday, May 1. The female driver of a Honda Civic that had been travelling east on Berkshire lost control of the vehicle. The car struck rocks, a tree, and guardrails before coming to rest on its driver's side, facing west. The roadway was closed while firefighters stabilized the vehicle and the extricated the driver from the car. The driver was then transported to the hospital. 

-Bee Photo, Hicks