Joblog 2007

1-sty commercial used as a corner store heavily damaged.

00:13 BOX

Fire at Bridgeport market likely electrical
ConnPost article 07/24/2007
BRIDGEPORT — Electricity likely started the fire early Tuesday that heavily damaged the interior of the Wood Avenue Market near Iranistan Avenue.

Picking up after Bridgeport blaze
ConnPost article 07/24/2007
BRIDGEPORT — The smell of burnt plastic and wood hung in the air, while charred food and candy scattered along the sidewalk in front of the corner market at Iranistan and Wood avenues destroyed by fire early today.

Labels: 1B, A

A fully involved 2-story vacant frame extended to another 2-story vacant frame. The original building collapsed and the exposure suffered major damage.
16:49 E-3,1,7,16 L-5,11 R-5 BC-1

Homeless man badly injured in blaze
ConnPost article 07/22/2007
BRIDGEPORT — A homeless man was severely injured late Saturday afternoon in a suspicious fire that destroyed two houses on Gregory Street.

Homeless man stable after Bridgeport fire
ConnPost article 07/24/2007
BRIDGEPORT — A homeless man seriously injured in a fire that destroyed two Gregory Street houses Saturday was upgraded to stable condition Tuesday. William "Felix" Jackson, 45, who had burns over 25 percent of his body, is being treated at Bridgeport Hospital's burn center. He initially was listed in critical condition. Fire officials said the cause of the fire is still under investigation.

Labels: 1B, C

Heavy fire on the second floor porch of an occupied 2.5-story 2-family. The fire extended to the porch roof, the soffits and into the roof joist bays. The roof was opened as a precaution but aggressive hooking and a second line on the third floor kept the fire in check.
12:42 BOX E-10,15 L-10 R-5 BC-2
12:43 S/C E-1,12 L-6
12:45 REQ AMR
12:50 REQ UI (ELECTRIC)
12:52 S/C TR-2 AS SAFETY OFFICER
13:02 S/C E-3
13:08 S/C DEP-1
13:26 RECALL

Labels: 2B, B

On the 4th deck of the parking garage at Bridgeport hospital a car caught fire. FCC sent 1+1 and on arrival Engine 6 called for the box. The fire was contained to one auto using one 1-3/4 line off the standpipe.

11:39 STILL E-6, L-6
11:43 BOX E-10,15,1 L-10 R-5 BC-2
11:53 RECALL

Labels: 2B, B

"Something Different Cafe"
23:57 BOX E-12,1 L-5 R-5 BC-1
00:07 BLTN
00:16 RECALL

Labels: 1B, B

A pleasant holiday morning marred by tragedy.

10:44 STILL E-15,L-10,R-5,BC-2,E-1 w/ MR-1,
10:47 S/C E-10 w/ URBAN-10
11:02 S/C TR-1
11:03 S/C DC-1

Drowning victims to be remembered
07/20/2007
BRIDGEPORT — A memorial service is planned Sunday for the four victims of the July 4 drowning at Beardsley Park. Mayor John M. Fabrizi and local clergy will lead a 5 p.m. ceremony at the park to honor the lives of the mother and three children who drowned when their van plunged into Bunnell's Pond and submerged under 20 feet of water.

Bunnell's Pond tragedy leaves only questions
07/05/2007
In the stifling morning humidity that presses in on the little parking lot in Beardsley Park, the words that keep coming are these: inexorable, relentless, unalterable.

Pond tragedy claims fourth victim
07/05/2007
BRIDGEPORT — The fourth passenger in a van that plunged into Bunnell's Pond in Beardsley Park has died. Jayden Wilson, 6, of Palm Street, who had been in critical condition at Yale-New Haven since being transferred there Wednesday afternoon from Bridgeport Hospital, died at 1:43 p.m. Thursday.

Families mourn woman, 3 children
07/05/2007
BRIDGEPORT — Two families united by tragedy mourned Thursday after a minivan rolled down a hill at Beardsley Park and plunged into Bunnell's Pond, killing three children trapped inside and a mother who tried to rescue them.

Holiday turns deadly at park
07/05/2007
BRIDGEPORT — A fun-filled holiday turned tragic Wednesday when two children and an adult drowned in Bunnell's Pond at Beardsley Park after their van rolled from a parking lot, down an embankment and plunged into water up to 20 feet deep.

Bunnell's Pond has tragic legacy
07/04/2007
BRIDGEPORT — The three drownings Wednesday at Bunnell's Pond add to the legacy of tragedy at the Beardsley Park body of water. The stretch of the Pequonnock River, dammed to create the pond, is bedeviled by a powerful undertow, weeds and sharp drop-offs below the surface.

Labels: 2B, A