Heavy Equipment caught fire yesterday despite the downpour of rain.
The Quesnel Fire Department was called to the scene of a loader that had caught fire at the Silva Gro Nursery chip manufacturing site on Lear Road.
“Upon arrival, the loader was fully engulfed in flames,” Quesnel Fire Department Chief Ron Richert says. “Workers from Silva were trying to extinguish the fire until the Fire Department arrived. We worked extensively to get this fire out.”
Richert added that the location of the fire on the Silva’s site made the extinguishing process a challenge. However, fire crews were able to put out the fire and were ready to leave the site in about 45 minutes.
The operator of the loader was able to escape the vehicle before it was fully engulfed in flames, and there were no injuries on other workers as well.
Richert says despite losing one piece of heavy machinery, Silva Gro will still be able to operate at full capacity.
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