The Tire Fire at Saint Amable, Quebec - May 16 to 19, 1990

A fire in a large pile of scrap rubber tires, located near the town of Saint Amable, Quebec, started on the afternoon of May 16, 1990. The scrap tire yard is less than a kilometre from the town on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence river. The column of black smoke from the fire was visible from the metropolitan area of Montreal, 40 km away. The Saint Amable fire is the second major tire fire to occur in Canada in four months. A fire in Hagersville, Ontario burned for 17 days in February of this year.Un incendie s'est d\ue9calar\ue9 dans l'apres-midi du 16 mai 1990 dans un gros amas de pneus de rebut situ\ue9 pr\ue8s de la municipalit\ue9 de Saint-Amable, au Qu\ue9bec. Le d\ue9potoir de pneus est se trouve \ue0 moins d'un kilom\ue8tre de cette ville, sur la rive sud du Saint-Laurent. La colonne de fum\ue9e noire qui montait du feu \ue9tait visible de la zone m\ue9tropolitaine de Montr\ue9al, \ue0 40 km de la. L'incendie de Saint-Amable est le second incendie de pneusmajeur \ue0 survenir en quatre mois au Canada. Un autre avait br\ufbl\ue9 pendant 17 jours \ue0 Hagersville, en f\ue9vrier dernier.Aussi disponsible en francais: L'incendie de pneus de Saint-Amable (Quebec) 16 au 19 mai 1990Peer reviewed: NoNRC publication: Ye