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🌱 How firefighters tackled Derby Avenue’s dangerous multi-story blaze Friday evening

Derby, Connecticut Patch AM: a 4 min read

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  • How firefighters tackled Derby Avenue’s dangerous multi-story blaze Friday evening

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Today's riddle: Why was the skeleton lonely? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Monday: Mostly sunny and beautiful, with a high of 68 and low of 44 degrees.
  • Tuesday: Mostly sunny, temps: high: 59, low: 34.
  • Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high of 58 and low of 44 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Collapsing porches made this Derby fire especially difficult (ctpost.com) — A serious fire on Derby Avenue in Derby forced firefighters to attack flames from the rear of a multi-story building after intense heat, smoke, and collapsing porches blocked the front entrance. Derby crews, assisted by firefighters from Ansonia, Shelton, and Seymour, used an aerial ladder to knock down the blaze before overhauling the interior and confirming no one was trapped.
   

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Ansonia

  • Ansonia football shuts out Woodland as Tymir Taylor runs for 178 yards, 2 touchdowns (ctpost.com)
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  • Connecticut high school girls swimming and diving top performances (Oct. 24) (ctinsider.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why was the skeleton lonely?" — He had no body to play with. (Thank you Margie S. for sending it in!)
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