Crews spent about two hours getting the flames under control and another hour putting the fire completely out.

Firefighters put out a stubborn blaze at an auto body shop on St. Marys Street in the Shippan section of the city Thursday night, a deputy chief said. Part of the building’s roof began to collapse while firefighters were inside battling the flames,

Dozens of firefighters spent hours battling a fire that destroyed an auto body shop in Stamford on Thursday night. The Stamford 911 Center received a call at 8:55 p.m. reporting heavy smoke on Wardwell Street in the Shippan area of Stamford and crews who arrived around three minutes later determined it was coming from the corner of Halloween Boulevard

A massive fire engulfed an auto body shop in Fairfield County this week, forcing firefighters to battle intense flames for hours before the roof gave way. Firefighters rushed to the shop at the corner of Halloween Boulevard and St.