Winnipeg fire crews called to North End blaze at Orloff Metals Ltd.

Black smoke was shooting into the air Monday afternoon as a fire burned at a business on King Street at Sutherland.

Emergency crews were on scene at Orloff Metals Ltd.

District fire chief Barry Carpenter said the building was evacuated as a precaution.

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Officials believe a junk pile ignited as an operator was moving it, however, the cause is still under investigation.

“He was moving the pile around with a grapple hoe and it may have self-ignited through a spark,” Carpenter said.

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Policed arrived on scene first and alerted fire crews. Three pumper trucks and an aerial truck attended.

There were no injuries.

PHOTO GALLERY: view images taken at the scene of the fire