Tags
Subscribe
Subscribe
News
Schools
Business
Obituaries
Police & Fire
Weather
Neighbors
Lifestyle
Politics
Sports
Events
Traffic
Legal
Real Estate
Tags
Jobs
Shop
Support Us
Subscribe
News
Schools
Business
Obituaries
Police & Fire
Weather
Neighbors
Lifestyle
Politics
Sports
Events
Traffic
Legal
Real Estate
Readers Choice
Tags
Jobs
Shop
Support Us
Home
About us
All sites
Advertise with us
Contact us
Terms of use
Privacy policy
Code of ethics
Site Map
© 2026 Cantata Media
Bridgeport, CT
Police & Fire
Two Cats Killed After Apartment Fire Breaks Out In Bridgeport
Two cats were killed during an apartment fire in Bridgeport. The fire started Sunday afternoon, July 14 at a three-story apartment building on Monroe Street, said Terron Jones, spokesman for the Bridgeport Fire Department. The fire was contained to the apartment on the second floor of the building and no occupants were home at the time, he said. The cats were found when firefighters searched the unit. "Unfortunately, the pets perished as a result of the conditions in the apartment prior to our arrival," the fire department said. The fire department said the fire started in the kitchen bu…
Danbury, CT
Police & Fire
Customer Doused With Boiling Water In Altercation With Manager At KFC
A customer at an area Kentucky Fried Chicken was allegedly doused in hot water by the restaurant's manager following an argument, said police. The incident took place around 2:50 p.m., Friday, May 3, when the Bridgeport Fire Department and AMR units responded to a report of a burn victim at Kentucky Fried Chicken located at 325 Boston Ave. in Bridgeport, said Terron Jones, spokesman for the Bridgeport Police Department. The first unit on the scene reported that the victim was being transported to the Bridgeport Hospital Burn Unit, police said. "It appears this was an altercation between th…
Bridgeport, CT
Police & Fire
ID Released For Connecticut Avenue Homicide Victim
Police have released the identity of a 34-year-old man shot and killed on Connecticut Avenue in Bridgeport. Jerrell Gatewood, of Bridgeport, was shot once around 9:42 a.m. Tuesday, March 5, in the area of 5th Street, said Bridgeport Police Capt. Brian Fitzgerald. He was struck in the torso and collapsed at the scene. Bridgeport Fire Department personnel arrived on the scene one minute later and requested that police and medics respond to their location, Fitzgerald said. Gatewood was treated at the scene by American Medical Response personnel and then transported to Bridgeport Hospital…
Bridgeport, CT
Police & Fire
Man Killed In Connecticut Avenue Shooting
Police are investigating the shooting death of a 34-year-old man on Connecticut Avenue. The unidentified man was shot once around 9:42 a.m. Tuesday, March 5, in the area of 5th Street, said Bridgeport Police Capt. Brian Fitzgerald. The man was struck in the torso and collapsed at the scene. Bridgeport Fire Department personnel arrived on the scene one minute later and requested that police and medics respond to their location, Fitzgerald said. The victim was treated at the scene by American Medical Response personnel and then transported to Bridgeport Hospital where he died a sh…
Bridgeport, CT
Police & Fire
Two Hospitalized After Raging Blaze Breaks Out At Multi-Family Home In Bridgeport
A raging house fire at a Bridgeport multi-family home sent two people to the hospital, including a firefighter. The fire took place around 11 a.m. Sunday at the three-story residence at 66 Garfield Ave., said Bridgeport Fire Department Deputy Chief Executive Officer Lance Edwards. The first arriving fire units reported heavy fire on the second and third floors of the home. Shortly after the Battalion Chief called for a second alarm for additional resources, Edwards said. One resident was removed from the interior rear staircase by firefighters and transported …
Fairfield, CT
Police & Fire
Family With Four Children Displaced Following Attic Fire
A Stratford family with four children were displaced following a fire at their two-story home. The fire started shortly before 9 p.m. at 28 Yarwood St., Sunday, Jan. 27, caused significant damage to the single-family home, said Stratford Fire Department Deputy Chief and Fire Marshal Brian Lampart. Fire crews arrived to find a fire within a crawl space on the second floor and attic of the three bedroom cape style home. Firefighters were able to contain the fire to the attic area, however; the remainder of the home was damaged by smoke from the fire and water fr…
Fairfield, CT
Police & Fire
Fairfield County Condo Fire Displaces 16 Families, Injures Four
More than 16 families including 27 adults and two children were left homeless following a devasting fire at a Fairfield County condo complex that also injured three people and a firefighter.The blaze broke just before 4 p.m. Wednesday at the condos located at 658 Success Ave., in Stratford, said Stratford Deputy Chief and Fire Marshal Brian Lampart. More than 25 firefighters from both Stratford and the Bridgeport fire departments worked for more than two hours in the extreme heat to extinguish the fire in the complex which included 30 units under one roof, Lampart said. "The fire appea…
Fairfield, CT
Police & Fire
Fire Displaces 16 In Fairfield County
An intense fire on the third floor of a building in Fairfield County sent one resident and two firefighters to the hospital and left 16 people homeless.The fire at 2487 Main St., in Bridgeport, started around 8 p.m. in a third-floor apartment of the building that houses Sorrento Importing Company, along with several apartments, said Bridgeport Fire Chief Richard Thode. Once on scene, firefighters found one injured resident inside the apartment and immediately transported him to a local hospital, Thode said. The chief was not sure of the man's condition early Thursday. Because of the humidit…
Bridgeport, CT
Police & Fire
10 Displaced Following Bridgeport Fire
Ten people were left homeless following a fire at the Crescent Crossing apartment complex in Bridgeport on Sunday morning. The fire started around 10:49 a.m. at the complex at 160 Church St., said Michael A. Caldaroni, assistant fire chief with the Bridgeport Fire Department. When crews arrived they located a kitchen fire in apartment #413 that had been extinguished by the automatic sprinkler system. Fire damage to the kitchen was minimal, however, the sprinkler activation caused significant water damage to the apartment and to the three apartments immediately below, Caldaroni said. A sal…
Fairfield, CT
Police & Fire
Four Firefighters Injured After Blaze Breaks Out At Fairfield County Home
Four Stratford firefighters were injured fighting a Canaan Road house fire early Tuesday, according to the Stratford Fire Department. Shortly after midnight, the department responded to 361 Canaan Road to find the rear of a three-story, multi-family dwelling engulfed in fire, said Deputy Chief, Fire Marshall Brain Lampart. "Firefighters worked for nearly two-and-a-half hours under the command of Assistant Chief Camperlengo to extinguish the very stubborn fire," said Lampart. Lampart said six people were displaced from fire and water damaged to three apartments. All five engine …
Fairfield, CT
Police & Fire
Man Extricated From Trash Chute In Fairfield County
A man was injured after becoming stuck in a garbage chute at a Bridgeport building, according to Bridgeport Fire Department. The incident was discovered at 6:33 a.m.Thursday when the Bridgeport Fire Department was dispatched to a medical emergency at 48 Highland Ave., said Av Harris, spokesman for the Bridgeport Police Department. Upon arrival at the building, Rescue 5 was met by an occupant stating that the victim was in the garbage chute stuck between the third and the fourth floors. Rescue 5 immediately requested a Confined Space Rescue team, he added. Firefighters found that the locat…
Bridgeport, CT
Police & Fire
Suspicious Bridgeport House Fire Under Investigation
Authorities are investigating a suspicious full first-alarm house fire early Sunday morning in Bridgeport that may have been intentionally set. Just before 2:30 a.m., the Bridgeport Fire Department was dispatched to a reported structure fire at 1367 Reservoir Ave. Upon arrival, units found fire on the outside of the building threating to extend to the interior, said Ron Rolfe, Bridgeport FD deputy chief, who noted that quick operations by the members of the department held the damage to the exterior. "Our Fire Marshal Division is working with Bridgeport Police to investigate the fir…
