Steinbach residents were asked to keep their windows closed Sunday after a major fire in a local strip mall spewed toxic smoke.
The fire, whose smoke could be seen in Winnipeg almost 60 kilometres away, started Sunday afternoon and was finally put out Monday afternoon.
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Fire departments from neighbouring communities were called in to help battle the blaze, which tore through multiple businesses in the Main Street strip complex.
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Best West Pet Foods says it was one of the businesses destroyed in the fire and that some animals died in the blaze.
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