Somers

Eight people were taken to the hospital after a hot water heater malfunctioned at a home in Somers on Sunday and caused high levels of carbon monoxide to build in the home, according to the fire department. Firefighters responded to a home on Grasshopper Lane at 11:49 a.m. Sunday after receiving a report of a medical emergency and took a…

Amanda Stanton stopped by with a Connecticut farm update.

Firefighters in Somers are asking the town to help them add more staff to respond to emergency calls.

Asking for additional funding to bolster their ranks. Firefighters in Somers are asking the town to help them add more staff to respond to emergency calls. An ambulance rushes to a medical call in Somers from the fire department. It’s a type of call firefighters say they’ve seen more of in recent years. During a Board of Selectmen’s meeting...

An East Hartford police lieutenant was charged with driving under the influence in Somers early Sunday morning. State police said troopers responded to reports of an erratic driver on Billings Road around 12:24 a.m. and suspected the driver, 45-year-old Joseph Ficacelli, of East Hartford, was driving under the influence. Ficacelli complained of being in pain and was taken to Johnson…

Nearly a week after four young children were killed in a house fire on Tuesday night in Somers, the town says it has collected over $48,000 in donations to the Angel Fund. The donations were made in cash, credit card and through fundraisers like “Somers Strong” t-shirts, ornaments and restaurant fundraisers. The outpouring of community support continues as investigators work…

People were expected to gather at a church Monday night to remember the four children who died in a house fire in Somers last week.

A restaurant in Somers plans a fundraiser where every penny raised will go to the family who lost their four young children in a house fire.

A large crowd turned out for a fundraiser at a restaurant in Somers, where every penny raised will go to the family who lost their four young children in a house fire on Tuesday. It’s a tragedy the town is still healing from, and with heartbreak comes compassion as people packed Joanna’s Restaurant Friday night. “This struck a nerve...

The community of Somers continues to show support for the family who lost four children in a house fire on Tuesday night. One local woodworker decided to use his skills to create something to benefit the family. “It’s a little nugget of something for them to give them a little bit of hope in this really rough time,” Tim...

A Somers man is making wooden ‘Somers Strong’ ornaments to raise funds for a family who lost four young children in Tuesday’s fire.

A big fundraiser will be held at Joanna’s Restaurant in Somers Friday following the deaths of four children in a horrific house fire.

People around Somers are donating money, clothes, and even furniture to two families who lost everything in a fire that took the lives of four young children.

“The whole community is very devastated. They’re upset,” Barbara O’Boyle, of Somers, said. Strength, rooted in devastation, for a Somers community reeling from tragedy. “Anybody watching this knows and has seen that Somers comes together in a time of need,” Josh Deveau, of Somers, said. This past Tuesday, the town was shaken after a house fire took the lives...

Many organizations around Somers are collecting donations to help two families who are left with nothing after a fire that claimed four young lives.

As the Somers community mourns the heart-wrenching loss of four children who died in a fire, community members are taking action.

As the Somers community mourns the heart-wrenching loss of four children who died in a fire, community members are taking action. They are finding ways to support and assist a family that has not only lost children but two families that have lost their homes and everything in them. With the motto “Somers Strong,” community members are spreading hope. They…

Four children have died after a large fire at a two-family home in Somers on Tuesday night. Now, the community is coming together to show their support.

As the Somers community continues to mourn and process this deadly fire, we’re taking a closer look at the emotional toll firefighters deal with, especially when the deaths of children are involved. “I think it’s going to hit a lot of us in another 24 hours or so when we kind of settled down and the adrenaline stops. And...

“The loss of life is hard at any age, but young people without a new beginning is hard,” Mary Ann Squire said. The promise of a new year, shattered by tragedy on Tuesday night in Somers. “These kids just watched the ball drop. They just went into a new year, and just the day before everything seemed so normal. Stuff…