December 24, 2012:

Police reopened the eastbound service road of Highway 40 Sunday night after firefighters brought under control a blaze that tore through an oil reservoir of the Suncor refinery in the east end of Montreal. The fire first occurred at around 9 a.m. and a small spill of flammable liquid near the highway at Marien Ave. was observied at around 10:15 a.m. Suncor firefighters struggled to control the fire, and called for reinforcements from the Montreal Fire Department. The fire flared up again around 2:45 p.m., but firefighters were able to put it out later in the afternoon, said Francis Leduc of the Montreal Fire Department.

Montreal police said the service road to the highway was reopened at around 9 p.m. Authorities said that the environmental impact of the fire was “minimal.”

By The Gazette