Firefighters have been confronted with a spectacular wall of flame, spokesperson Stéphane Difruscia says.
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About 70 firefighters from Longueuil in addition to practically half a dozen neighbouring municipalities have been battling a normal alarm hearth that broke out Monday morning in a storage behind a St-Hubert building firm.
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No accidents have been reported, nevertheless one firefighter was handled for heatstroke.
Longueuil hearth division spokesperson Stéphane Difruscia mentioned the fireplace was reported round 10:45 a.m. Firefighters arriving on the scene of the blaze at Asphalte Chagnon on Sir-Wilfrid-Laurier Blvd. have been confronted with a spectacular wall of flame emanating from the storage.
Reinforcements have been introduced in from “4 or 5” neighbouring municipalities when the dimensions of the fireplace turned obvious, Difruscia mentioned.
About 40 per cent of the storage was destroyed by the blaze. Thick black smoke was seen for kilometres.
