A fire broke out early Sunday morning on the grounds of an ArcelorMittal industrial site in the Montérégie region of Quebec.
The fire began around 4 a.m. among scrapped vehicles on the site, according to the city of Contrecoeur, where the company has several steel facilities. The community is located about 50 kilometres northeast of Montreal on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River.
City spokesman Sylvain Latour said there were no injuries and the fire was under control by late morning, though the cause remains unknown. The buildings of the industrial site were unaffected, he said.
The city says initial air quality analyses by the Quebec Environment Department do not show dangerous toxicity in Contrecoeur or the surrounding communities….