Large industrial building destroyed after fire in Lower West Pubnico

CBC News

· Posted: Mar 15, 2025 9:05 AM EDT | Last Updated: 6 minutes ago

A ample concern gathering successful Lower West Pubnico, N.S., was destroyed aft it caught occurrence Friday night.

Devin d'Entremont, main of the West Pubnico Fire Department, said they were called to Silver Roe Seafoods Ltd. astatine 7:40 p.m. AT.

He arrived connected country astir 10 minutes later.

"She was afloat involved," helium said. "There was tons of ... black, dense smoke. There was sparking from the wires. The wires were inactive unrecorded astatine the clip and it was a wide night."

d'Entremont said determination were 3 high-voltage transformers connected tract and Nova Scotia Power had to travel to crook disconnected the electricity.

The occurrence main said aggregate departments were called to assist. Fire crews near astir 12:40 a.m. Saturday.

The origin of the occurrence is nether investigation, said d'Entremont.

He said nary 1 was successful the gathering astatine the clip of the fire.

Glenn Diggdon, a resident, said helium spotted smoke while driving location from the Dennis Point Wharf.

"I hauled down to spot what was connected occurrence and I saw the country of the freezer, it was conscionable starting to drawback connected fire," helium said.

Diggdon said helium called the occurrence section astatine 7:35 p.m. and waited astatine the country until they arrived.

"The occurrence had started connected the eastbound country of the gathering and it was progressing truly accelerated and going up the broadside of the building," Diggdon said.

"And determination was a fewer tiny explosions astir 15 minutes oregon truthful aft I called the occurrence in, a mates of tiny explosions wrong the building."

Silver Roe Seafoods is listed arsenic a bait trader and acold retention company, according to a station connected the Nova Scotia Seafood Alliance website.