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Sixth-Grade Student Dies After Overnight House Fire In Redding Sixth-Grade Student Dies After Overnight House Fire In Redding
Sixth-Grade Student Dies After Overnight House Fire In Redding A middle school student was killed during a fire at his residence in Fairfield County Redding. The blaze began around 11:30 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 14 in Redding at the Karlson family home on Diamond Hill Road, officials said. The child, identified as Brien Karlson, a sixth-grade student at John Read Middle School, was injured and taken to the hospital, but later died from his injuries on Wednesday, Feb. 15, said Jason McKinnon, superintendent of the Easton, Redding, and Region 9 school districts. McKinnon said in a letter to the school community that the family was home at the time of th…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
House Fire Breaks Out In Danbury House Fire Breaks Out In Danbury
House Fire Breaks Out In Danbury The Danbury Fire Department is trying to determine the cause of a house fire that displaced its residents.  According to the department, firefighters were dispatched to the Carriage Lane fire at approximately 8:40 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 6.  The fire, which caused heavy smoke positions, reportedly started in the basement and crept up into the first floor and attic space of the building.  Due to a lack of fire hydrants in the area, assistance from the West Redding Volunteer Fire Department, the Georgetown Volunteer Fire Department and the Ridgefield Volunteer Fire Department wa…

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by Christina Coulter
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Celtics Honor Restaurant Owner For Rescuing Man From Car Moments Before Train Crash In Redding Celtics Honor Restaurant Owner For Rescuing Man From Car Moments Before Train Crash In Redding
Celtics Honor Restaurant Owner For Rescuing Man From Car Moments Before Train Crash In Redding A Redding man has been honored by the Boston Celtics 'Heroes Among Us' program for his quick-thinking actions that saved a man from being hit by a train. Tom Costanzo, the owner of Tomasino's Pizza, helped save the man around 8 p.m., on Saturday, Jan. 4 after the man came running into his restaurant next to the West Redding Train Station yelling that his vehicle was stuck on the train tracks. The man had been trying to turn into the restaurant's driveway when his vehicle became stuck. When Costanzo ran outside, the man was still in the vehicle when he heard the train horn blow.  A man …

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Five Displaced After Condo Fire Breaks Out In Bethel Five Displaced After Condo Fire Breaks Out In Bethel
Five Displaced After Condo Fire Breaks Out In Bethel Five residents of a Bethel condominium have been displaced after a garage fire extended inside the unit. The fire broke out around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 20, at the Plumtree Heights Condominiums on Deer Run Road, in Bethel, said the Bethel Fire Department & EMS.  When the department arrived on the scene, they found a working fire in the garage with fire spreading to inside the unit, the department said on Facebook. Bethel firefighters were able to contain the fire to the one unit and prevent it from spreading to other homes, they said. A garage fire displaced five residents in …

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by Kathy Reakes