Crews battle fire at Calgary’s Shepard Landfill site Monday night

Fire investigators are looking into what sparked a fire astatine a compost installation successful Calgary’s Shepard Landfill tract connected Monday night.

In a news release, nan Calgary Fire Department said nan occurrence was contained acknowledgment to nan efforts of 36 firefighters who worked connected nan blaze. Firefighters worked pinch unit to corroborate that nan buildings astatine nan tract were unoccupied and nary injuries were reported.

According to nan CFD, a number of group called 911 astatine astir 6:50 p.m. connected Monday to study fume successful southeast Calgary.

“Crews were dispatched to nan 12000 artifact of 68th Street Southeast wherever they recovered very ample volumes of acheronian smoke,” occurrence officials said. “The area impacted was connected nan eastbound broadside of nan tract successful nan compost works and fume could beryllium seen from each areas of nan city.

“Once crews entered nan compost facility, they recovered ample amounts of occurrence successful 2 soft-sided structures arsenic good arsenic occurrence wrong a conveyer machine.”

The CFD said firefighters utilized ample “hose lines” and “elevated aerial streams” to entree nan fires and bring them nether control.

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The origin of nan occurrence has not yet been determined.