The fire that caused a huge plume of dark smoke in downtown Halifax, Wednesday afternoon, is now under control.
Halifax Professional Fire Fighters say they responded around 1:30 p.m. to the blaze on Cogswell Street that started in the basement of a high-rise building.
As of 2:30 p.m., the union says early action helped the fire from growing.
However, seeing a very large cloud of dark smoke was disconcerting to community members.
Ashley Wong tells us she was eating lunch at a restaurant on the Dartmouth waterfront when she noticed the smoke rise out of the buildings along the Halifax Harbour.
“It just kept going and going until the whole harbor was engulfed in smoke,” says Wong.
She was immediately worried.
“I could hear the sirens were immediate, I went outside to film, get some shots of it and there were a lot of concerned people around me calling their loved ones to make sure people were okay,” adds Wong.
She says only about 15 minutes later the smoke started to dissipate.
It is unclear at this time what started the fire and the extent of damage.
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