THE VALLEY – The Valley Indy monitored fire and ambulance calls from 1 a.m. until 5 p.m. Monday (Feb. 23) as a blizzard passed through the area dumping about 16 inches on Ansonia, Derby and Seymour.

1:21 a.m. Beacon Falls responders were called to Bethany Road, where downed wires caused about a third of town to lose power.

8:14 a.m. Medical responders were called to Walnut Street in Seymour for a reported fall.

8:32 a.m. Orange dispatchers reported a downed tree near the intersection of Pine Tree Drive and Orange Center Road.

8:43 a.m. A caller on Patton Avenue in Seymour reported a finger injury from a snowblower.

8:52 a.m. Woodbridge dispatchers reported a fallen tree near wires along Pine Ridge Road. The department of public works was called after responders said the road had not been plowed.

9:35 a.m. A caller reported a low-hanging wire on Cameo Drive in Shelton.

11:35 a.m. In Woodbridge, a homeowner reported an odor of natural gas from a generator and shut it off. The homeowner said power had been out since about 6 a.m. in the morning. Responding firefighters found no leaks in the generator, but called in a crew from United Illuminating, who found a large tree had fallen and destroyed wires near the road. 

12:01 p.m. Medical responders in Ansonia responded to a possible cardiac arrest on Greenfield Drive.

12:06 p.m. A caller reported a gas odor on Tillinghast Drive in Oxford. Responding firefighters found the source of the odor as a vent blocked by snow. Responders also asked the road’s owners to plow a wider path through the snow.

12:49 p.m. Seymour firefighters were called to Franklin Street for an oven fire. After the fire was put out, firefighters assisted in ventilating the building.

1:09 p.m. A caller on Spruce Lane in Ansonia reported difficulty breathing while shoveling snow.

1:20 p.m. Responders were called to Sinsabaugh Heights in Shelton to conduct a welfare check.

3:55 p.m. A plow truck caught on fire near Paradise Restaurant on Wakelee Avenue in Ansonia. Seymour police were called to block off traffic in the area, near the Ansonia-Seymour town line, while firefighters battled the blaze. There was no one in the vehicle when firefighters arrived, according to emergency radio communications.

4:12 p.m. Seymour firefighters were called to Aspen Lane after cooking smoke triggered an automatic fire alarm. There was no fire.