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Pre-1930
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June 30, 1853 - Hamden Iron Company
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March 1, 1861 - Whitney Gun Factory Explosion - Whitneyville
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September 28, 1875 - New Haven Web Co. - Whitney Avenue in Centerville
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April 1888 - Fresenius Brewery (later Hull's), 820 Congress Avenue, New Haven
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January 27, 1905 - Upper Axle Works - Whitney Avenue, Mt. Carmel Center
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January 13, 1918 - Hamden Plains Methodist Church - Dixwell and Church
1930s
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December 19, 1932 - Horton Mfg. Co - Edward Fishing Rods - Home Place
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July 3, 1934 - Powder Farm Explosion - Whitneyville - General Alarm
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February 14, 1938 - Dixwell Theater, 824 Dixwell Avenue
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September 21, 1938 - The New England Hurricane of 1938
1940s
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August 7, 1940 - Butterworth's Farm
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January 12, 1941 - Old Peck School - Hillfield Road at Johnson Road
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January 30, 1941 - Mutual Aid - Cheshire Academy, Horton Hall
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February 18, 1941 - Malavolti Building (Sackett Hotel Building) - Whitney and Dixwell
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January 23, 1942 - Whitney and Dixwell - Fuel Oil Truck Overturns
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February 1942 - 60 New Road - house fire
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February 22, 1942 - Everett's Farm - Mount Carmel Avenue
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February 20, 1944 - Church Street School
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May 16, 1946 - Gag's Pepper Pot, 1115 Dixwell Avenue
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April 16, 1947 - Texas City Disaster
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June 28, 1947 - Tally-Ho Restaurant, 1444 Dixwell Avenue
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November 1947 - 253 Broadway - house fire fully involved
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November 6, 1947 - 21 Blazes in one week
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1948 - Incident in Spring Glen - good photos
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May 27, 1948 - Wintergreen Avenue barn destroyed
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April 1948 - FLOOD - Hamden Plains and Pine Rock
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February 13, 1949 - 1763 Whitney Avenue, corner of Santa Fe - Kitchen fire
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March 30, 1949 - Carwin Chemical Company, 41 Stiles Lane, North Haven
1950s
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March 2, 1950 - Lynn Motors, 925 Dixwell Avenue
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July 4, 1950 - Mass Casualty Lightning Strike - West Shepard Avenue
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November 26, 1950 - HURRICANE
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November 27, 1950 - 14 Thayer Street - House Explosion
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January 13, 1951 - Fennbrook Drive
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February 11, 1952 - Mutual Aid - Waverly Inn - Cheshire
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October 23, 1952 - 134 Forest Street - house fire
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February 12, 1953 - Country Club Pharmacy, 1235 Whitney Avenue
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July 25, 1953 - Sleeping Giant Quarry Claims Another Victim
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August 27, 1953 - 42 School Street - Ff. Mickey Cantarella's dad's apartment
"Flames Flicker in Fireman's Father's Flat"
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October 8, 1953 - Fourteen Alarms in One Week
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February 15, 1954 - Moose Hall, 961 Dixwell Avenue

February 15,1954 - 622 Newhall Street, three family garage
Woman saves family from flames
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January 25, 1955 - Hoffmeister Farm, Wintergreen Avenue - Barn Fire
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February 15, 1955 - Butterworth Mansion, Tuttle Avenue
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May 1, 1955 - 1885 State Street - 5 rescued from house
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November 17, 1955 - 24 Brookhaven Road
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January 2, 1956 - Quinnipiac College, Whitney and Servoss Street
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January 16, 1956 - BOX 125 Norris and Whitney - Garage Fire on Norris
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January 23, 1957 - Glenwood Drive-In, 2538 Whitney Avenue
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March 17, 1957 - Corey's Wayside Market, 2381 Dixwell Avenue
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December 23, 1957 - Hamden Plaza - 3 Store Fire
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November 30, 1958 - 176 Armory Street - house fire
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July 9, 1959 - Dixwell Avenue - North Haven/Hamden Town Line - Gasoline Tanker Fire
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January 31, 1959 - North Haven Brick Co., State Street, Hamden
1960s
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February 1, 1961 - 3070 Whitney Avenue - House fire (first of two the same night)
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February 1, 1961 - 218 Skiff Street (second of two the same night)
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March 29, 1962 - Oil Spill into Lake Whitney
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October 18, 1962 - Mountain Road - house fire
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November 6, 1962 - Mt. Carmel Railroad Station, Railroad Avenue
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December 4, 1962 - W & G Machine Co., 5 Manila Avenue
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April 3, 1963 - The Office Nightclub, 32 Lee Street
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November 19, 1963 - Elm City Service Station, 3394 Whitney Avenue
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March 17, 1964 - 184 Greenway Street - house fire
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December 7, 1964 - Weather Vane Restaurant, 4137 Whiney Avenue
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December 15, 1964 - Skiff Street Trench Rescue
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December 25, 1964 - Reilly's Restaurant, Whitney Avenue and School Street
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January 21, 1965 - Radio Station WDEE, Denslow Hill Road
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November 9, 1965 - Northeast Blackout of 1965
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November 11,1965 - Two kids rescued from West Rock
Lt. Bill Hines, Ffs. Ben Mikolinski, Paul Reutenauer, and Gil Spencer
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December 30, 1965 - Empire Kitchens, 1188 Dixwell Avenue
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December 31, 1965 - 39 Ives Street - house fire
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March 24, 1966 - 56 Bolton Street
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June 12, 1966 - Connecticut Doughnut Co., 3800 Whitney Avenue
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June 21, 1966 - 304 Ridgewood Avenue - Garage destroyed
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November 23, 1967 - Fireside Restaurant, 3307 Whitney Avenue
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January 12, 1968 - Fleming Co., Broadway and Ives
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March 30, 1968 - Children's Center, 1400 Whitney Avenue
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c. May 1968 - Whitney Avenue, Mount Carmel - 1963 Lincoln Continental - total loss
Two Co. 5 volunteers assist Ff. Dave Howe and D/C Reutenauer (Old Platoon 2)
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May 1, 1968 - Maselli's Fireplace Center, 3547 Whitney Avenue
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December 13, 1968 - Whitney and Day Spring - "Wash Down"
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April 20-21, 1969 - H & D Paper Products, 110 Webb Street - Warehouse
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June 2, 1969 - O'Connell's Lawn Mower Shop, 923 Dixwell Avenue
1970s
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January 25, 1971 - Mednicow's Used Cars, State Street at London Drive
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March 25, 1971 - 132 Santa Fe Avenue - house fire
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July 16, 1971 - 30 Cumpstone Drive - house fire
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February 4, 1972 - Ice Rescue off Skiff Pky. - John Mongillo Jr. photo published in LIFE Magazine
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October 17, 1972 - Tech Plywood Co., 1047 Dixwell Avenue
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February 24, 1973 - Glenbrook Avenue - Oil Tanker Disaster
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June 3, 1973 - Pre-Mountain-Rescue-Team rescue off Sleeping Giant
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November 28, 1973 - Leonard Concrete Plant, 372 Mather Street - $200,000 loss - November 22, 2013
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May 7, 1974 - Mountain View Terrace, North Haven - May 2, 2014
Runaway NoH Engine injures NoH Fire Chief - Hamden called to assist in fighting house fire
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May 26, 1975 - Butterworth's Farm, opp. 640 Tuttle Avenue - Barn Fire
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January 1976 - Regency Hill Apartments, 306 Pine Rock Avenue - Kitchen Fire
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December 14, 1976 - Co-op Supermarket, 1665 Whitney Avenue
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March 14, 1977 - New Haven Parks Dept, Park Road, Hamden
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October 18, 1977 - 1181 Whitney Avenue - Apartment Explosion
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February 3, 1978 - Daw Packing Co., 9 School Street, corner of Washington
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August 26, 1978 - Hull's Brewery, 820 Congress Avenue, New Haven
Numerous photos of the fire in an iconic New Haven landmark, courtesy of Bill Celentano Jr.
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March 1979 - Hillfield Road - house fire
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April 20-21, 1979 - Corey Lumber Co. and Howard Johnson fires
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August 24-25, 1979 - Rondo of America, 100 Sanford Street
1980s
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December 25, 1980 - 31 Ralston Avenue - House
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June 5-6, 1982 - FLOOD - Townwide
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January 4, 1983 - Treadwell Office Park, 295 Treadwell Street
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September 15, 1984 - Saxony Coat Company, 1443 Dixwell Avenue
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January 24, 1985 - "French-Italian" Fire, 1106 Dixwell Avenue
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February 9, 1985 - 27 Edwards Street
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May 10, 1985 - 113 Goodyear Street - house fire
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September 27-28, 1985 - Hurricane Gloria Aftermath
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July 31, 1987 - Superior Printing, 750 Sherman Avenue - Haz-Mat Incident
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September 9, 1987 - Bassett's Service Station, 3050 Whitney Avenue
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January 6, 1988 - 47 Bradley Avenue
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May 20, 1988 - Board of Ed. Buildings, Whitney and Servoss
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May 25, 1988 - Davenport Residence, 125 Putnam Avenue
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December 15, 1988 - 950 Mount Carmel Avenue - Fuel Truck Overturns in Driveway
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July 10, 1989 - F4 Tornado Devastates Whitneyville, Newhallville and Highwood Neighborhoods
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October 27, 1989 - The Bike Rack, Whitney and Skiff (No. Haven)
1990s
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March 30, 1991 - Treadwell Office Park, 295 Treadwell Street
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March 18, 1993 - 84 First Street - gas explosion destroys house
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April 26, 1993 - 349 Morse Street - House Fire
Mike Murray Saves John Reynolds
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March 2, 1998 - Wheeler's Garage, 2965 State Street
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March 25, 1998 - 19 Larkspur Lane - House fully involved
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August 10, 1998 - Butterworth's Farm, Tuttle Avenue - Multiple Barns
Several towns in mutual aid response for water
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April 29, 1999 - High Standard Mfg. Co., 1817 Dixwell Avenue - Vacant Factory
2000s
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August 31, 2000 - 106 Helen Street - 3 Alarms
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April 15, 2002 - Bierne Medical, 805 Sherman Avenue
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January 9, 2008 - 28 Turnor Avenue - House fire (fatal)
2010s
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July 7, 2014 - 11 Notkins Street - Garage
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July 27, 2014 - Dogwood Hills Condos - 200 Evergreen Avenue
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November 20, 2017 - 220 Garvin Road - house fire
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November 23, 2017 - 132-143 Shepard Street - Thanksgiving Day House Fire - 2 Towns
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November 26, 2017 - Regency Hills Condos - 302 Pine Rock Avenue
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December 5, 2017 - Lakeshore Apartments - 1047 Whitney Avenue
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April 22, 2018 - 192 Eramo Terrace
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May 15, 2018 - Tornado Rips Through West Woods and Mt. Carmel
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