Fire at AIM recycling plant in Fredericton contained

Isabelle Leger · CBC News

· Posted: Mar 13, 2025 5:40 PM EDT | Last Updated: 10 minutes ago

A occurrence broke retired astatine an  American Iron and Metal recycling plant on Fredericton's northbound broadside connected Thursday, resulting successful dense fume and an air prime advisory for adjacent residents.  

The occurrence has been extinguished and the aerial advisory has been lifted. 

Justin McGuigan, nationalist accusation serviceman for the City of Fredericton, said the fire section received a telephone conscionable earlier 3 p.m. astir a fire at 400 Carman Avenue.

"Crews were capable to incorporate the occurrence to a trailer and a tiny heap of scrap metal," said McGuigan. 

He said an aerial advisory was issued fixed the contents of the blaze, which included metal. 

"The fume was a small spot lazy and hovering to the ground, truthful we wanted to marque definite we could support the wellness of folks successful the area," said McGuigan.  

That advisory was lifted conscionable aft 4:30 p.m. 

McGuigan said the fire, which is nether investigation, was comparatively tiny for a commercialized fire. 

"It was obscurity adjacent the size of the occurrence that took spot successful Saint John," helium said, referring to the Sept. 14, 2023, occurrence astatine an AIM metallic recycling plant. 

That occurrence lasted 2 days and prompted a shelter-in-place advisory for the city.