Crews are still battling a four-alarm fire at a metal recycling plant in Brantford, Canada that's been burning since early Friday afternoon

CBC News  Updated: Feb 03, 2017 10:52 PM ET

 
Crews are still battling a four-alarm fire at a metal recycling plant in Brantford that's been burning since early Friday afternoon. (CBC)



Crews are still battling a four-alarm fire at a metal recycling plant in Brantford that's been burning since early Friday afternoon.

Firefighters from the Brantford Fire Department were called to the scene in the Alexander Graham Bell Parkway and Wayne Gretzky Parkway area just before 2:30 p.m.

The flames are under control and no one is believed to be injured, platoon chief Herb Vandermade said, but the fire is expected to continue burning for several hours. The Ministry of Environment has been called in to monitor air quality.

DRUNKS KILL/KILLED IN THE EARLY AM HOURS: alcohol was a factor in a fatal head-on collisionin Philadelphia's West Oak Lane section at 1:45 am; 3 injured

Police say alcohol was involved in a fatal head-on crash in Philadelphia's West Oak Lane section.

Updated 1 hr 11 mins ago
WEST OAK LANE (WPVI) -- Police say alcohol was a factor in a fatal head-on crash in Philadelphia's West Oak Lane section.

It happened around 1:45 a.m. Saturday at Broad Street and Stenton Avenue.

Police say a female driver, traveling south on Broad Street in a Ford Explorer at a high rate of speed, lost control and slammed into a Hyundai.

A male passenger in the Ford SUV died after being thrown onto the road.

The driver was also ejected from the vehicle. She was taken to Einstein Medical Center in critical condition.

She is expected to be charged with DUI and homicide by vehicle.

Both people in the Hyundai were also ejected, but their injuries are not serious.

Massive fire destroys The Avalon Maplewood on Boyden Avenue in New Jersey that it was under construction

The Avalon Maplewood on Boyden Avenue in New Jersey was under construction before it caught fire around 1:30 a.m.

MAPLEWOOD, New Jersey (WABC) -- A massive fire blew through an apartment complex in New Jersey early Saturday.

The Avalon Maplewood on Boyden Avenue was under construction before it caught fire around 1:30 a.m., said Maplewood Police Lt. Thomas Perna. The blaze was knocked down around 5 a.m.

The site is next to a New Jersey Transit bus station.

No injuries were reported.

There is no word yet on the cause of the fire.



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MAPLEWOOD, NJ - Construction is underway at the former PSE&G site that is soon to be an Avalon apartment complex at the corner of Springfield Ave. and Boyden Ave. in Maplewood.

On Tuesday, March 15, work was being done on the parking deck for the Avalon development, with a crane on site lifting and putting pre-cast concrete pieces in place.

The parking lot at the Maplewood Memorial Pool is being used as the staging area as work is being completed.

According to the Maplewood Township website, the development will consist of 235 market-rate rental units with an attached multi-level parking garage for residents.