Mayor Joe Ganim walks after visiting the scene of an explosion at an environmental services company on Cross Street, in Bridgeport, Conn. on Friday, Dec. 29, 2023. Ned Gerard/Hearst Connecticut Media The view looking south down Willow Street following an explosion at an environmental services company on Cross Street, in Bridgeport, Conn. on Friday, Dec. 29, … Read more
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
BRIDGEPORT — Police are investigating the shooting of a person in the leg and hand on Wheeler Avenue on Wednesday evening. Around 8:20 p.m., the city’s Emergency Communications Center received a call from a person who reported he’d been shot in the 100 block of the Avenue, according to Scott Appleby, Bridgeport’s director of emergency … Read more
