The O’Leary Fire Department and Royal Canadian Mounted Police responded to a fire at Cavendish Agri Services in O’Leary, Prince Edward Island, around 10:35 p.m. on Monday, May 1. Fire officials quickly determined that the burning materials were not an explosion risk and could be contained.
There was no extended threat to the public, and no injuries were reported. However, some local residents left the area until they received assurances there would be no explosion, according to the SaltWire Network.
John MacKinnon, General Manager of J.D. Irving Ltd., the parent company of Cavendish Agri Services, was quoted by SaltWire as saying one of the plant’s storage facilities was a complete loss, and that the location’s main mixing facility and business offices were not damaged.
The fire’s cause is unknown and the Fire Marshal is investigating.