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Halifax fire crews are working to knock down a blaze that broke out at a scrap metal yard in Goodwood Saturday morning.
Geoff Garber, the acting district chief with Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency, said firefighters responded to the scrapyard on Mills Drive, just off of Prospect Road, shortly after 6 a.m.
He said the fire is largely concentrated in a big pile of rubble, which he estimated to be 50 feet tall, about 100 feet wide and 200 feet long.
“There are huge piles of cars and whatnot, fridges and stuff, that has combustible materials, so it’s not just metal,” he said. “There’s no threat to anyone as far as fire spreading, it’s just a smoke hazard in the area, where the cloud cover’s holding smoke down.”
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A section of Prospect Road at the intersection of Mills Drive has been blocked off due to the smoke. Garber said he doesn’t believe anyone has been evacuated, and noted the fire is in an industrial area and there are not many people living nearby.
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Garber said it was a “defensive fire,” and firefighters were working to keep it from spreading to a nearby building and a propane tank about 50 feet from the pile.
“We’re trying to keep the fire away from that. Currently, it’s not under control, but I wouldn’t say it’s out of control, either,” he said shortly before 10 a.m. “We’re maintaining it — we’ll put it that way.”
As of 10 a.m., there were 27 pieces of fire apparatus, including tankers, aerials, and engines at the scene.
Garber said it’s too early to say how the fire might have started.
