Bridgeport explosion sparked by truck’s open valve, official says
The explosion happened around 2 p.m. Friday at the Tradebe Environmental Services facility on Cross Street. “As of now, we know there was a delivery of a low-grade oxidizer, about 4,000 gallons,” Scott Appleby, the city’s director of emergency management, wrote in an email on Saturday. “It appears the driver opened one of the valves … Read more
