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Crews battle Springfield Road scrapyard fire

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Brunswick Steel fire
Notice black smoke in the east side of Winnipeg earlier tonight. It was from a fire at Brunswick Steel on Springfield road which continues to burn tonight – May 26, 2023

There were no injuries and no structures burned, but plenty of car parts on fire at a scrapyard blaze Friday night.

RM of Springfield Fire Chief Brian Seaton tells Global News the blaze broke out at Brunswick Steel on Springfield Road before 6 p.m. and crews were expected to be on scene well into the night.

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He says it’s too early to say what may have caused the fire, and admits we may never know, but said the heat could have played a factor.

Global News spoke to Seaton just after 8 p.m., and he says crews still hadn’t been able to get to the hotspots, because there was so much debris.

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