Calgary Fire Responds to SE Recycling Equipment Fire

At around 7:25am, fire crews responded to a recycling facility along 24 Street SE for a structure fire. On arrival, crews observed light smoke coming from inside the warehouse building and all staff had evacuated to their muster point. The warehouse is on the west side of the landfill where a large fire had occurred in September.

A fire was located inside a hopper inside the building. The fire was contained to the hopper and no injuries were reported. Firefighters and staff worked to access the interior of the to confirm that the fire was completely extinguished. A fire investigator attended and classified the fire as unintentional and not related to the previous landfill fire.

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