Fire Engulfs Metal Recovery Building in Saguenay, No Injuries Reported

Firefighters report no injuries.

EJ Turcotte offers metal and dry waste recovery services. The company is located on Drake Street, near Rio Tinto’s Complexe Jonquière facilities.

Thirty firefighters from Saguenay took part in the operation.

h45, we received a call that this establishment, which is an industrial metal recovery building, was downright engulfed in flames.So the fire spread very quickly. The work of the firefighters was very difficult considering the heat. It was very, very, very difficult, but as we speak, the fire is under control”,”text”:”Around 6:45 p.m., we received a call that this establishment, which is a building industrial metal recovery, was downright engulfed in flames. So the fire spread very quickly. The work of the firefighters was very difficult considering the heat. It’s been very, very, very difficult, but as we speak, the fire is under control””>Around 6:45 p.m., we received a call that this establishment, which is an industrial metal recovery building, was downright engulfed in flames. So the fire spread very quickly. The work of the firefighters was very difficult considering the heat. It’s been very, very, very difficult, but as we speak, the fire is under controlrevealed the chief of operations and director of the service, Carol Girard, around 9:45 p.m.

Intense heat

The heat of the fire combined with that of the environment made the work of the firefighters more complex, which should continue for part of the night.

The building is almost fully open, there are still hot spots to extinguish. So most of the work is done right now. It can be long, but actually there is no longer any danger of spreadinghe continued.

The business is in an area where there were not many buildings nearby, except for the company’s offices which have been protected.

However, there were also the propane gas tanks that had to be protected. So there was a huge safety perimeter around it, which meant that the priority was for the firefighters to work in safety, then to work in defensive mode. There was no question of going inside the buildinghe continued.

Carol Girard did not want to advance on a possible cause.

Officers from the Saguenay Police Department blocked access to Drake and Lasalle streets.

With information from Alexandra Duchaine