The dispatchers at Newtown Emergency Communications Center at Town Hall South, 3 Main Street, report the following fire calls and the responders:

Thursday, June 7: 8:21 am, appliance fire, 2 Liberty Drive, Sandy Hook and Botsford responded; 7:39 pm, hazardous condition, Exit 9 commuter lot, Hawleyville responded; 7:47 pm, residential fire alarm, 23 Sugarloaf Road, Sandy Hook responded.

Friday, June 8: 12:03 am, residential fire alarm, 214 Berkshire Road, Sandy Hook responded; 7:22 am, odor of gas inside, 77 Saint George Place, Sandy Hook responded; 8:57 am, public service, 29 Church Hill Road, Hook & Ladder covered; 11:29 am, residential fire alarm, 5 Farmery Lane, Sandy Hook responded; 2:19 pm, motor vehicle accident with injury, 55 Sugar Street, Hook & Ladder responded; 4:21 pm, motor vehicle accident with injury, 45 Main Street, Hook & Ladder responded; 4:34 pm, wires down, 151 South Main Street, Botsford responded; 4:59 pm, motor vehicle accident with injury, area of Mount Pleasant Road at Whippoorwill Hill Road, Hawleyville responded; 6:55 pm, residential fire alarm, 24 Turkey Hill Road, Botsford responded; 9:55 pm, motor vehicle accident with injury, I-84 East between Exits 9 and 10, Hawleyville responded.

Saturday, June 9: 4:05 am, medical assist, Bear Hills Road, Botsford responded; 7:10 am, public service, 4 Primrose Street, Sandy Hook covered; 12:03 pm, vehicle fire (see photo above and below, with details), 4 Ethan Allen Road, Botsford responded; 4:13 pm, public service, 3 Primrose Street, Hawleyville covered; 4:20 pm, illegal burn/outside fire, 3 Lantern Drive, Botsford responded.

Sunday, June 10: 8:04 am, investigation, 99 Haley Lane, Sandy Hook responded; 1:46 pm, CO detector, 32 Old Hawleyville Road, Hawleyville responded; 2:57 pm, appliance fire, 8 Woodbine Lane, Sandy Hook and Hook & Ladder responded.

Monday, June 11: 6:20 pm, commercial fire alarm, 32 Church Hill Road, Hook & Ladder responded; 6:22 pm, commercial fire alarm, 32 Church Hill Road, Hook & Ladder responded;

Tuesday, June 12: 12:09 am, commercial fire alarm, 11 Edmond Road, Hook & Ladder responded; 7:52 am, residential fire alarm, 11 Timber Mill Road, Sandy Hook and Hook & Ladder responded; 3:00 pm, commercial fire alarm, 3 Trades Lane, Hook & Ladder and Sandy Hook responded; 5:32 pm, wires down, 32 Botsford Hill Road, Botsford responded; 5:34, medical assist, I-84 East Exit 9 (between off and on ramps); 7:03 pm, public service (flag detail), Main Street flagpole, Hook & Ladder covered; 11:10 pm, motor vehicle accident with injury reported, I-84 East between Exits 11 and 13, Sandy Hook responded.

Wednesday, June 13: 10:13 am, medical assist, 266 South Main Street, Botsford responded; 1:37 pm, hazardous condition, 18 Lakeview Terrace, Sandy Hook responded; 6:39 pm, wires down, 20 Georges Hill Road, Hawleyville responded; 10:39 pm, illegal burn/outside fire, 2 Great Ring Road, Sandy Hook responded.

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An accidental fire that occurred about noon on Saturday, June 9, at the town landfill destroyed this town-owned 2001 Caterpillar excavator, which was being used to move wood debris created by the May 15 storm, town officials said. Town equipment operator Joe Prah was using the machine on a pile of wood debris when he smelled a burning odor. Mr Prah drove the machine off the flammable pile and reported the fire, after which Botsford volunteer firefighters responded to put out the blaze with water and foam. There were no injuries. Fire Marshal Rich Frampton estimated the loss value at $50,000. The town will temporarily rent an excavator for storm debris cleanup work, said Public Works Director Fred Hurley.

-Newtown Fire Marshal photo