SHELTON, Conn. — A fire has caused heavy damage to a condo in Shelton Tuesday evening.
Photos of the fire on Mica Court showed heavy damage to the roof of one of the condos at Aspetuck Village Condominium.
Officials said three condos were damaged. The units were built in the 1980s.
Fire crews were able to knock down the fire quickly and everyone was able to make it out safely.
Landscaper Arben Bytyqi with AB Landscape told FOX61 he saw smoke coming out of the roof so he jumped into action.
“The old man, he’s asleep in the basement and I hit the door and I opened the door and the old man coming out and he go, ‘can I help you’. I say, ‘sir, you have to move, the house is on fire,” Bytyqi said.
Then, he also went to alert the families next door to make sure everyone got out.
“She run inside, she got the kids, dogs and they run outside,” he said.
Fire crews got word of the fire around 5 pm and when they got to the scene, the home had a lot of smoke coming out.
“There was heavy volume of fire on the back of the house. First and second floors were involved with obvious extension into the adjoining apartments,” Deputy Fire Chief Paul Wilson said.
Wilson said with this kind of significant damage, the residents can’t live there for now. Neighbors are thankful everyone got out safely.
“It was scary but we have a volunteer fire and it was under control very quickly,” said Maureen Turner who lives nearby and saw smoke coming from the home.
Bytyqi is still stunned to think about what happened but this neighborhood is important to him.
“I love everybody here and I try to do the best I can for everybody,” Bytyqi said.
Crews are still working to determine the cause of the fire.
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