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VIDEO: Massive industrial fire burns down Rock Pro building in Port Hardy

No one was hurt and the cause of the fire is currently under investigation.
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The Rockpro building in Port Hardy went up in flames on Saturday, April 18.

Port Hardy Fire Rescue received the call for the fire around 9:54 a.m. and around 20-25 firefighters arrived on scene with equipment ready to go to attack the flames.

Port McNeill Fire Rescue arrived soon after with a truck of their own and they contributed to the attack, helping knock back the fire and keep it contained to the one building.

The industrial fire was effectively brought under control around 12:30 p.m.

No one was hurt and the cause of the fire is currently under investigation.


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The Rockpro building in Port Hardy caught on fire around 9:40 a.m. on Saturday, April 18. Most of the building ended up destroyed. (Tyson Whitney - North Island Gazette)
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Tyson Whitney

About the Author: Tyson Whitney

I have been working in the community newspaper business for nearly a decade, all of those years with Black Press Media.
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