Boughton: Some Danbury Power Outage Situations 'Life Threatening'

DANBURY, CT — Describing the situation at the Glen Apartments on Memorial Drive, home to many elderly and/or disabled residents and without power since Tuesday as "serious," Mayor Mark Boughton promised to relocate them to a shelter if there is no relief by midday Monday.

"So far Eversource has not responded to our pleas to restore service and there are no trucks on scene," Boughton said on social media. "We've moved HART buses in for cooling overnight." He added that "we will figure out a way to pay for their housing" later.

"These situations around Danbury are now becoming life threatening," the mayor said Sunday evening.

As of 8 p.m. Sunday, Danbury still has 8,597 houses, or 23 percent of residences, without power, according to the latest numbers from Eversource.

In a report released Saturday, the utility is pledging to have the city's lights back on by Tuesday, Aug. 11, at 11:59 p.m.

Roads around the city are reopening as crews continue the removal of trees and downed power cables.

The city is updating the list of passable roads as wires are repaired, and trees removed.

Statewide, outages along the path of Tropical Storm Isaias easily eclipsed those of Hurricane Sandy in 2012 and came close to rivaling those of the October snowstorm and Hurricane Irene in 2011. Eversource estimated it will make significant progress by the end of the weekend and have its restoration substantially complete across the state by Tuesday at 11:59 p.m.

The city has established a number of resources to benefit residents while they wait for Eversource to restore power.

Charging stations have been made available for the public's use at:

• Fire Headquarters, 19 New Street
• Fire Training School, 21 Plumtrees Road
• Mill Plain Volunteer Fire Station, 54 Mill Plain Road (Drive around to the back of the Fire House)
• Engine 23, 208 Osborne Street (Germantown)
• Engine 24, 36 Eagle Road
• Engine 25/King St. Vol., 185 S King Street
• Engine 26, 71 Kenosia Ave
• Germantown Vol. Fire House, 36 Germantown Road
• Mill Plain Vol. Fire House, 54 Mill Plain Road
• Private businesses offering charging stations (and A/C) to customers:
  • Danbury Fair Mall
  • Danbury Ice Arena

The mall has been "very gracious"to people looking to stay cool or charge their phone, Boughton said.

Residents may bring their own containers and fill up on water at:

• Fire Headquarters, 19 New Street
• Fire Training School, 21 Plumtrees Road
• Mill Plain Volunteer Fire Station, 54 Mill Plain Road (Drive around to the back of the Fire House)
• Engine 23, 208 Osborne Street (Germantown)
• Engine 24, 36 Eagle Road
• Engine 25/King St. Vol., 185 S King Street
• Engine 26, 71 Kenosia Ave
• Germantown Vol. Fire House, 36 Germantown Road
• Mill Plain Vol. Fire House, 54 Mill Plain Road
• Miry Brook Vol. Fire House, 57 Miry Brook Road

The mayor's office is recommending these community food resources:

• New Hope Baptist Church Pantry
  • Open on Thursdays from 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
• Daily Bread Food Pantry
  • Mondays: 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
  • Fridays: 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
• Hillside Food Outreach
• Grocery Delivery Service in Danbury

Residents whose health services have been impacted by the storm damage are urged to call 311 (203-744-4311) and enter a "general health service request."