A hearth Saturday morning has a Cambridge industrial plant coping with main damages.
North Dumfries Fireplace was known as to Rife Highway simply off of Dumfries Highway at round 8 a.m.
A bit of the Permacon plant, a concrete producer, was on hearth.
North Dumfries Fireplace Chief Robert Shantz instructed that eight completely different hearth departments have been on scene with about 50 firefighters serving to to knock down the fireplace.
He stated a full response got here from New Dundee’s hearth division. They supplied a tanker, a pumper and rescue truck, with eight different tankers coming from North Dumfries, Plattsville, Paris, Baden, Kitchener, Waterloo and Cambridge.
An aerial truck got here from each Kitchener and Cambridge.
The fireplace was knocked down fully and crews left the world at round 5 p.m.
Upkeep crews have been inside on the time of the fireplace however have been evacuated safely.
No accidents have been reported.
Shantz stated a few third of the plant was destroyed, with a particular “large dollar loss.” He stated North Dumfries Fireplace is working with an insurance coverage company and an estimated value of damages might be launched subsequent week.
In accordance with Shantz, that portion of the plant has intensive smoke and water injury, whereas the opposite sections of the plant are intact.
The fireplace is being handled as not suspicious.
