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Emergency crews responded calls of thick black smoke coming out of Niagara Investment Castings Ltd., an industrial building in St. Catharines on Monday night (Photo Courtesy of Joseph Burd).
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Emergency crews responded to calls of thick black smoke coming out of Niagara Investment Castings Ltd., an industrial building in St. Catharines on Monday night.

Crews arrived around 7:45 p.m. to find the back of the building fully engulfed in flames.

Trevor Parker, deputy chief at St. Catharines Fire Services, says crews initially broke down a door to go inside, but switched to a defense approach after the roof of the building collapsed.

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The expected cost of damage is over $3 million dollars.

Crews say the fire does not present any environmental concerns.

There are no injuries to report at this time.

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