Bristol’s finest get more than a little off the top. All for a good cause.
About a dozen members of Bristol’s police and fire departments were joined by town administrator Tony Teixeira to celebrate St. Baldrick’s Day on Thursday night. The event, sponsored by the St. Baldrick’s Foundation is a fund-raising activity where donors pledge money to help fund research for childhood cancer. In return, participants pledge to become ‘baldees’. [...]
Read More →Fire damages Bristol home during blizzard
Fire seriously damaged the home of Chip and Jennifer Cavallaro at 48 Mulberry St., adding to the impact of the Blizzard of 2013. On Sunday, Feb. 10, at approximately 10:15 a.m., fire crews from Bristol and Warren were called to the scene, where they found the three-bedroom house ablaze. Firefighters carried hoses through nearly two feet [...]
Read More →Early morning fire guts waterfront home in Bristol
Fire crews from Bristol and Warren responded to a report of a house fire at 4:25 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 4, where they found the two-bedroom home fully engulfed in flames and the sole occupant safely out of the building. Bristol Fire Chief Robert Martin said the unidentified man who rents the waterfront house at [...]
Read More →Faulty light prompts fire response at Guiteras
Students at Guiteras School are back in class, safe and sound, after fire crews responded to a call there shortly after 11 a.m. on Friday. According to Fire Chief Robert Martin, smoke was smelled inside one of the classrooms and, following procedure, the school was evacuated and the fire department was called. Firefighters inspected the [...]
Read More →Dryer fire cause of alarm in Bristol home
Bristol firefighters were called to a Lisa Lane home just before 2 p.m. on Tuesday after a clothes dryer malfunctioned, sending plumes of smoke throughout the home. The exact cause of the smoldering appliance is unknown at this time, however one firefighter said that the damage was contained to the dryer and fire did not [...]
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