Former KTVB reporter Kaycee Murray reported on the fire as it spread through the Boise area. The hot and fast electricity created a strong current traveling through powerlines from Boise Avenue to Amity Road before reaching a piece of equipment called a connector on a power pole, she said during a broadcast. Investigators say that connector became so hot that it started to melt, causing molten metal to fall to the dry grass igniting what would become one of Boise s all-time biggest fires.
Dennis Doan had been elevated to Chief of Boise Fire six months before the Oregon Trail fire, which burned in southeast Boise in August 2008. It was his first major fire in command. It would be the largest and most devastating fire in his 30-year career.
One dead, two injured, after head-on crash in Bethany courant.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from courant.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Updated: 1:01 AM EDT May 9, 2021
BETHANY, Conn. Connecticut State Police are trying to determine why two cars collided head-on on Route 63, killing a North Carolina man and sending two Naugatuck women to the hospital.
It happened Friday night just before 11 p.m. 42-year-old Paul Vitelli of Greensboro North Carolina was headed north on Route 63 (Amity Road) in the area of Valley Road in Bethany when it collided head-on with another vehicle. He was transported to Yale New Haven hospital with serious injuries, where he later died. State Police say his airbag deployed, but he was not wearing a seatbelt.
The other car was driven by 57-year-old Elizabeth Capodiferro, with a 19-year-old passenger Sofia Capodiferro, both of Naugatuck. Elizabeth was taken to Yale New Haven for serious injuries; Sofia, the passenger, sustained minor injuries.
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