There were no reported injuries in an evening fire at the BioPower mill.
ATIKOKAN – An evening fire at the BioPower mill in Atikokan was extinguished early Thursday morning.
Atikokan Fire Rescue crews responded to a large fire Wednesday evening that started outside the mill.
According to Atikokan mayor Dennis Brown the wind blew the fire away from the main building, so it wasn’t damaged.
The fire was extinguished around 6:30 a.m. on Thursday, putting the fire out with help from helicopters dropping water.
An employee at the plant said there were no reported injuries.
Atikokan Fire Rescue and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry continue to monitor the area for hot spots.
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Atikokan (Ojibwe for “caribou bones”) is a town in the Rainy River District in Northwestern Ontario, Canada.
The population was 2,753 as of the 2016 census. The town is one of the main entry points into Quetico Provincial Park and promotes itself as the “Canoeing Capital of Canada”. Atikokan was originally established as a Divisional Point for the Canadian Northern Railway.
The town of Atikokan is an enclave within the Unorganized Rainy River District. It is geographically located within the Central Time Zone, but uses UTC−05:00 year round and does not observe daylight saving time.
Therefore, in practice it observes Central Daylight Time for two thirds of the year (in the warmer months), and Eastern Standard Time for the rest (over winter).