FOG BLOG CANADA LOG: INTENSE FLAMES AND SMOKE FROM INDUSTRIAL FIRE IN WINNIPEG!

Crews battle intense flames, smoke as large industrial fire in Point Douglas causes air quality concerns Sutherland Avenue closed from Main to Disraeli streets as firefighters battle blaze Plumes of dark smoke rose over Point Douglas on Tuesday morning as a large fire at an industrial complex covering most of a city block causes air quality concerns.

A brick wall collapsed and explosions were heard at the building on Sutherland Avenue, between Maple Street N. and Argyle Street N., CBC reporter Meaghan Ketcheson said from the scene.

"There are a number of vehicles, there's tire storage, there's propane canisters, so it is a significant fire load inside those buildings," Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service Deputy Chief Tom Wallace said.

"We've sent messaging out over social media to inform residents to keep their windows closed, just in case. People with respiratory conditions would be potentially affected by the smoke."

Fire crews were called to the fire shortly after 5 a.m. and they encountered "intense" flames, with some embers blowing onto nearby homes, Wallace said.