Firefighters extinguish blaze at Vaughan manufacturing company yard

CTVNews.ca
July 22, 2016
Rachael D'Amore

Firefighters have extinguished a large blaze at a manufacturing company yard in Vaughan.

Crews were called to the scene, located on Snidercroft Road near Keele Street and Highway 407, at around 2 p.m.

Aerial images captured by the CTV Toronto helicopter showed thick black smoke funneling into the sky from the area.

York Regional police said the fire began in a garbage bin and spread to a forklift.

It was not immediately clear how the fire might have been sparked.

No injuries have been reported.

Vaughan Fire tweeted that the fire had been mostly extinguished by 3 p.m. but that “major overhaul is required” at the scene.

Snidercroft Road to Keele Street has been closed as crews work to clean up the area.