Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 6, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba A6 local Jim 2001 chemical fire forces 100 to leave Homes provincial officials worried about Nasty byproducts fire in a storage shed filled with farm chemicals forced about 100 Rural residents from their Homes yes ramp Steve Saunders said when police realized there were chemicals in a quonset a radius was sealed off until officials could get a better idea of what chemicals and How they might affect the the evacuation area was later expanded to six the quonset is owned by a firm called Ken Kane Aerial Spray and it sits in a Rural area about four Kilometres Northeast of the town of inside were herbicides and said Don dangerous goods supervisor for Mani Toba the largest amount about kilograms was a pesticide known As he the information i have is that its not classified As a toxic or poisonous Labossiere there can be a problem in a fire when the chemicals could produce byproducts that can be he smoke and fumes from the chemical fire can cause nose and Throat Zirri exposure to More concentrated fumes can cause shortness of headache and com the Manitoba government said in a its unknown How the fire the fire had been smouldering for most of the Day but about the shed burst into the fire was initially being allowed to Burn itself but Early tuesday evening firefighters began sprinkling water on last Laboissiere said the fire was knocked Down and a fire Crew would stay by the soldering remains radio stations in the town of were broadcasting warnings to stay Brooke argue right takes information from evacuated resident Gary Grego Brasfi yesterday afternoon in a fire at an Aeri Al chemical spraying Plant North of the town forced the evacuation of approximately 10 Square kilo me inside with windows and doors especially the elderly and those with respiratory people were also advised to turn off air an evacuation of the town could Hap pen if the wind were to shift and air Quality monitors determine the risk is too Saunders were just preparing in the event we do have to evacuate the he if the wind continues around and comes out of it will blow it directly toward the town of emergency officials were alerted to the fire about 8 Minnedosa is about 200 Kilometres Northwest of Saunders said the fire area is sparsely Brian Reeve of the pm of said residents of the some who were away and at were told to stay away from their Homes last some were staying with friends or others were going to a Motel in evacuees Are expected to return to their Homes Laboissiere Colin Bohneau Brandon Sun adding officials will do an inventory of the chemicals in the warehouse today to better assess any environmental Allen and Sylvia Robinson were told by ramp they would have to leave their Home about three Kilometres from the fire shortly after 4 the couple packed a bag and their dog and were hoping they be kept away its not Allen it just disrupts Brandon Sun bands consultant wrong on drought claim Hydro by Kevin Rollason a drought in the Canadian Rockies could affect Manitoba Hydro ability to produce according to a report yesterday by a consultant to Cross Lake first but a Manitoba Hydro spokesman said most water for electricity production comes from other River systems and the report is part of the bands ongoing pub Lic relations Battle with the it is Glenn Schneider its really meant just to discredit our for Cross Lake has fought for financial compensation from Manitoba saying the damming of Rivers in the 1970s destroyed fishing trap Ping grounds and their traditional Way of As the band says it also led to drownings and poverty in the Robert of Ore go based Mccullough which produced the report with the Goodman group of said that Manitoba Hydro production is vulnerable this year because half of its electricity generation comes from water draining from the Rocky mountains and there currently is a drought chief John Midwagon of Cross Lake could not be reached for Schneider said the report ignores the fact that most of the that drives Hydro turbines to produce electricity comes from the Winnipeg and red Schneider said Only 18 per cent of the water that flows through the Northern Hydro dams comes from Alberta and Saskatchewan through the North and South Saskatchewan and even with the Western water Levels on both Lake Winnipeg and the Rivers where the Utility has Hydro dams Are currently so High it is being forced to let water flow past its turbines without generating he in the past when Lake and River Levels have been Hydro has purchased electricity from outside the province for its Domestic on average that has happened once every 10 the last time being in the late Schneider Schneider said Hydro is frustrated by having to refute allegations brought up by the band on numerous both in this province and in the United a full Page advertisement appeared in the new York accusing the Utility of human rights abuses and ravaging As the band pays for a full time lobbyist in min one of the 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