Excavator Pulls Debris so New Haven, CT, Crews Can Access Fire

Heavy fire was found from the New Haven building where post construction waste is stored.
Nov. 18, 2025

Justin Muszynski

Hartford Courant

(TNS)

Fire crews battled a blaze that started in a waste containment structure in New Haven on Monday night.

Firefighters responded to the structure on Middletown Avenue just after 6:50 p.m. and found a “large volume of fire,” according to Daniel T. Coughlin, assistant chief of the New Haven Fire Department.

Coughlin said firefighters spent “all night” with excavator crews pulling apart debris and soaking it down.

No injuries were reported.

The property where the fire broke out is owned by Anastasio Trucking.

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