Date: August 4, 2023
Location: Saint-Alphonse, Quebec (CA)
Address: 268 Rte de St Alphonse, G0C 2V0
Type: Potential Dust Fire
Fuel: Wood Dust
Industry: Construction Waste Management
Equipment: N/A
Company: Exploitation Jaffa
Database Incidents: None Recorded
Loss: No Injuries
Capital Cost: Unknown
Status: Open
Confirmation: Unconfirmed
Company Description:
According to its website, Exploitation Jaffa is a construction waste management company in Saint-Alphonse, Quebec. It was founded in 1985 and specializes in the collection of local residual materials. It also has points of service in Gaspésie and Bas-Saint-Laurent and access to various infrastructures allowing reuse, sorting, recovery and transformation of construction debris, industrial residues, recyclable materials, organic materials, ferrous and non-ferrous metals.
Incident Description:
On August 4, 2023, Radio Canada reported a fire at a construction waste management company in Saint-Alphonse, Quebec.
The fire ignited at around 3:00 p.m. in a pile of wood construction waste. Fifty firefighters from various regions responded, establishing trenches to halt the fire’s spread and utilizing air tankers to douse surrounding forests.
Although the fire is now under control and primarily contained to construction debris, the flames and a significant plume of smoke were still visible the following day. Firefighters anticipated working a few more days to fully extinguish the flames.
No injuries were reported.
Sources:
Radio Canada
