Explosions rocked St. Boniface late this afternoon after a fire broke out at Speedway International around 5 p.m.
Giant fireballs and a large plume of smoke could be seen from several kilometres away.
The owner, Royce Rostecki, was already at home when the fire started. A relative of Rostecki’s tells Global News the plant normally shuts down between four and five p.m.
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Both CN and CP rail have been alerted to the massive blaze. Fire crews are currently dousing rail cars next to Speedway International as a preventative measure. At one point they were able to get within 150 metres of the blaze but have since been moved back to about 600 metres.
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