Crime & Safety

Chilling 911 Call Released in Attempted Hamden House Explosion Incident

Man threatened to blow up his house.

WTNH News 8 has the chilling 911 call of an incident in Hamden on Pembroke Road that could have escalated very quickly. 

Earlier this week a Hamden man allegedly threatened to blow up his house, which forced nearby neighbors to evacuate. 

Here is a portion of the 911 call made by the man’s wife. 

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According to News 8, she tells dispatch:

“My husband has turned the gas on inside our house and has threatened to blow up the house. I am outside, I have been out here for about a half hour with a neighbor. We are trying to talk to him but the minute you open our front door and went back in you can smell all the gas in the house.”

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Police were able to arrest the man before the situation went any further. 


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