This article written in french by Benoit Leblanc was automatically translated using AI
Just 48 hours before participating in a siren alert test, the company Dyne-A-Pak experienced another fire in its polystyrene warehouse on the morning of Sunday, March 16.
This is not the first time that this location, situated on Francis-Hughes Avenue in Vimont, has been involved in such an incident, which is reportedly caused by static electricity igniting a highly combustible material.
On Sunday, March 16, emergency services were alerted at 9:52 a.m., and the first of the six required units from the Laval Fire Department (SSIL)—comprising 28 firefighters and their officers—arrived on-site at 9:58 a.m.
At that time, thick gray smoke was billowing from the roof through the smoke extractor, while employees had fortunately already evacuated the factory and were waiting for the firefighters at the front of the building.
Once inside, the firefighters confirmed that static electricity had ignited two stored rolls of polystyrene.
The crew quickly extinguished the flames before ventilating the premises to clear out the smoke.
By 10:19 a.m., the firefighters had fully contained the fire, which nonetheless caused an estimated $102,000 in damages to the contents of the industrial building.
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