SHELTON, CT – At approximately 12:30am on January 6, 2014, the Shelton Fire Department responded to what ended up being a 4 alarm fire in a century-old four-story apartment building at 446 Howe Avenue. The fire, which possibly started in the basement, quickly had firefighters racing to rescue droves of people from the upper floors of this hulking apartment building that housed businesses and restaurants on the first floor and rear. In all, approximately 27 people are now homeless and 5 were taken to area hospitals with non-life threatening injuries. Firefighting operations included a tanker shuttle due to an earlier water main break and frozen hydrants. During the blaze, the upper floors of the apartment building collapsed into the stores on the first floor, damaging one of Shelton’s engines. Mutual aid was required from many local departments both at the scene and for station coverage. It was reported that there were over 100 firefighters operating at the scene at the height of the blaze.