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Peter Blomberg, Botsford Asst. Fire Chief, Killed In Crash
Fewer than eight hours after the Connecticut firefighting community buried Robert Sharkevich Sr., another senior firefighter was killed in Fairfield County, officials said.
Peter Blomberg, age 72, was crossing Route 6 near Dayton Street in Newtown when a truck crashed into him around 6:15 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 29, authorities said.
Blomberg served as the assistant fire chief of the Botsford Fire Department and was walking to a fire commission meeting In Newtown when he was hit, police said. Paramedics rushed him to Danbury Hospital, but doctors could not save Blomberg's life.&nbs…
Fire Destroys Horse Barn, Apartment In Newtown
A Newtown barn and apartment were destroyed after a raging fire burned the structure from end-to-end.
The fire broke out around 5 a.m., Thursday, July 11, when the residents of the barn apartment at the Long Meadow Horse Farm on Meadow Brook Road, heard the "horses making noises," said Newtown Deputy Fire Marshall Steve Murphy.
The barn manager, who lives in the apartment, was able to release the 11 horses inside the barn safely, and arriving Newtown firefighters helped to release the remaining chickens and other animals inside, Murphy said. One cat was reported missing.
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