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The Bridgeport Fire Department were notable first responders at the L'Ambiance Plaza collapse, on April 23, 1987. One of the worst disasters in Connecticut history, a 16-story residential building under construction at the corner of Washington Ave. and Coleman St., completely collapsed, killing 28 construction workers.
Bridgeport is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Connecticut [7] and the fifth-most populous city in New England, with a population of 148,654 in 2020. [3] Located in eastern Fairfield County at the mouth of the Pequonnock River on Long Island Sound, it is a port city 60 miles (97 km) from Manhattan and 40 miles (64 km) from The Bronx.
The bridge caught fire on June 16, 1996, when a cigarette butt or match ignited the wooden structure. [5] The fire began around 2:20 p.m. and burned for over three hours. [6] The bridge was raised to an open position; but the fire badly charred a 200 ft (61 m) section of the bridge. [5] [7] The bridge and Pleasure Beach was then closed. [5]
Fire departments in central Connecticut held a processional for Robert Sharkevich Sr., a member of the Wethersfield Volunteer Fire Department, who died while responding to a brush fire on ...
WZME (channel 43) is a television station licensed to Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States, serving as the New York City market's outlet for the diginet Story Television.It is owned and operated by network parent Weigel Broadcasting alongside Middletown Township, New Jersey–licensed MeTV station WJLP (channel 33), and New York-licensed WNWT-LD (channel 37, officially a low-power station ...
Get the Bridgeport, CT local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days. ... USA TODAY 2 days ago Video shows terrifying rockslide in Colorado that forced highway closures.
Jane’s Addiction, who have broken up and reformed on numerous occasions since their original 1991 split, were scheduled to perform tomorrow in Bridgeport, Ct., but have since canceled that show.
An aerial view (from a kite) of Pleasure Beach A view of the carousel that was part of the original amusement park at Pleasure Beach. Pleasure Beach is the Bridgeport portion of a Connecticut barrier beach that extends 2.5 miles (4 km) westerly from Point No Point (the portion in the adjoining town of Stratford is known as Long Beach).