Fire Department wants city crack-down on residents who fall asleep at the stove
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"Occupant fell asleep while cooking brats."
"Burnt corn on the cob on stove. Mother left to do laundry, left
3 kids in apartment."
"Occupants put pizza in oven and went to sleep."
Fire reports such as these have become much more frequent in
Madison in the last two years, fire officials say, prompting the
Madison Fire Department to propose a range of strategies to address
them. Among them: a new city ordinance that would fine some
fire-starting cooks up to $5,000.
"The number of careless cooking fires has really jumped up and
grabbed our attention," said Fire Marshal Ed Ruckriegel. "The
ordinance will start a discussion to make it known and ultimately
change behavior."
He compared careless cooking to drunk or distracted driving.
If passed, the ordinance would be what's believed to be the
first in the state to impose municipal fines on people whose
reckless use of a stove, oven or toaster results in a fire. A city
committee unanimously voted last week to send it back to city
lawyers for some changes.
Source: Wisconsin State Journal
Four-Car Accident Starts Six-Call Streak in Two Hours for Branford Fire Department
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Last night at 6:05 p.m., Branford Police report four people were injured in a four-car accident on West Main Street near Eli’s on the Hill Restaurant . Branford Fire Department Deputy Chief Tom Mahoney said the victims sustained non-life threatening injuries. Branford Police state that three of the four motor vehicle operators were transported to area medical facilities.
Police Officer Dominic Eula, who investigated the incident, determined that Domenico Iuliano, 21, of 80 Oregon Ave., East Haven, was traveling eastbound on West Main Street when his vehicle struck the rear of a vehicle driven by Amber Lewis, 25, of 2046 North Main St., Waterbury, who was stopped in eastbound traffic. After the collision, Iuliano’s vehicle veered into oncoming traffic in the left-hand, westbound lane and struck a vehicle head-on. The vehicle was operated by Michelle Padillo, 34, of 50 Quinnipiac Ave., New Haven. Padillo’s vehicle was pushed into the right hand lane, westbound traffic striking a vehicle operated by Fannie Hernandez, 38, of 389 Poplar St., New Haven. Iuliano, Padillo and Hernandez were injured.
Source: Patch.com
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