Multiple CT Departments Tackle 2-Alarm Vacant Factory Fire
By Tara O'Neill and Brian Gioiele
Source Connecticut Post, Bridgeport, Conn.
SHELTON, CT—Units battled a heavy fire on Canal Street East Saturday night, according to initial dispatch reports.
Firefighters responded to the area of Howe Avenue and Canal Street around 7:30 p.m. Reports indicate the fire was at the historic Star Pin building, 273 Canal St. East, which is vacant.
The first arriving unit reported heavy fire from the rear of the three-story building with flames coming up through the roof. A second alarm was struck for the fire almost immediately.
“The fire department is using a defensive attack only,” Shelton Deputy Fire Chief Paul J. Wilson said around 8 p.m.
He said Derby fire units also responded to help with the blaze, with Ansonia fire units covering the Shelton downtown station and Monroe covering Shelton’s White Hill fire station.
The fire has spread to at least one other neary building, as well as the wooded area nearby.
Firefighters had Howe Avenue shut down between White and Brook streets around 8:18 p.m., as crews tapped into additional hydrants for water supply.
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