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