UPDATE: Fire at Irving Tissue warehouse in Dieppe

A challenging fire in a warehouse kept Dieppe and Moncton firefighters busy this morning.

Dieppe Fire Chief Marc Cormier says they responded at around 5 am Tuesday to the Irving Tissue in the Industrial Park on Dawson Street.

Firefighters were still on scene just before 10 am, but Cormier told our newsroom the fire had been contained.

Firefighters were able to access the fire from an exterior wall, and the sprinkler system was also activated.

Cormier says Moncton Fire was called in to assist and was actively involved with the operation.

“It is challenging because we were not immediately able to access the seat of the fire. It is a large warehouse with a lot of inventory. So firefighters are busy moving pallets around to be able to access the fire,” Cormier explained.

The building remains intact, and Cormier says the damage has been minimized to the area of origin, but other areas were also impacted. “There is significant smoke damage throughout the warehouse.”

Heavy equipment was called in to move the contents of the building around.

Officials from Irving Tissue said, luckily, no one was hurt.

“There was minimal damage, and the plant is in the process of restarting production. The plant’s deluge fire protection system activated and helped control the fire. Irving Tissue is cooperating fully with local fire inspectors,” Marc Doucette, Vice President of Communications, said in a statement.

Doucette also thanked employees who went above and beyond to help the team evacuate safely, and also to the Dieppe and Moncton fire departments and all first responders for their prompt actions.

No word on a cause yet, but the fire investigator is looking into it.