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Woman Dies In Hampden Apartment Fire Woman Dies In Hampden Apartment Fire
Woman Dies In Hampden Apartment Fire A woman was killed during a fire at an apartment building that started in a third-floor unit in Connecticut. The blaze began around 8:20 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 14, at the complex located at 95 Kaye Vue Plaza, in Hamden. First arriving firefighters encountered heavy fire coming from a third-floor window, according to Hamden Fire Chief Gary Merwede. Firefighters quickly advanced a hose line up the stairwell to the third-floor apartment where they encountered heavy fire and smoke conditions, Merwede said. Crews performed a search of the apartment and other units as other firefighters were ext…

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by Kathy Reakes
Obituaries
Retired CT State Trooper Dies Unexpectedly At Age 50 Retired CT State Trooper Dies Unexpectedly At Age 50
Retired CT State Trooper Dies Unexpectedly At Age 50 A longtime retired Connecticut State Trooper has died unexpectedly.  Trooper First Class Patrick Dragon, 50, of Brooklyn, Connecticut, died on Saturday, Jan. 2, at Hartford Hospital, said the Connecticut State Police. A cause of death has not been released to date. Dragon, a member of the 107th Training Troop entered the State Police Training Academy on January 9, 1998.  Upon graduation, he served as a patrol trooper at Troop D in Danielson, as a resident trooper in the town of Sterling, as a detective in the Eastern District Major Crime Squad, and as a detective in the Fire and…

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by Kathy Reakes