It was a busy Saturday for Moncton fire crews who battled two blazes, back-to-back.
Scott Brown, acting platoon chief of the Moncton Fire Department told our newsroom, the first fire on Caledonia Road around 6:30 a.m., involved a very large number of tires.
Steve’s Tires confirmed in a post on social media, that it was in fact their business that had the blaze, but their building is intact.
“We’re so thankful to share that our building is safe, the fire was contained and only some of our used tire inventory was lost,” reads the post.
Brown said considering what tires are made of it is not an easy fight to put the fire out.
“They are composed of mostly oil-based products. So, they burn very intensely. They are very difficult to put out. They produce a great deal of heavy black smoke,” said Brown.
Fire #2
A few hours later, around 10 a.m., another call came in. This one was for a construction landfill site on Weisner Road.
Brown said it was fully involved at about 2 acres, and they had to call for help.
“We called for two other trucks. Another Moncton tanker, Dieppe tanker and a Riverview tanker to assist us,” said Brown.
The union called in for mutual aid assistance with a tanker and as of 12 p.m., there were no available units in the city.
As of 8 p.m., Saturday, Brown told us crews just back from fighting the fire and it is still likely not out, however, the property owners would remain on scene with their heavy equipment.
No reports of any injuries.
Meantime, there was another tire fire at a different business near Moncton just last week.
Two trailers went up in flames in Lutes Mountain, Sunday, September 14.
There was no damage to the shop and no injuries reported.
