There is “no risk” the Mimico Creek will be impacted after a five-alarm fire broke out at a waste management facility in Etobicoke, Toronto fire says.

Acting Deputy Fire Chief Steve Darling told reporters Thursday morning emergency crews have been mitigating runoff at the creek, which was impacted in 2023 by a six-alarm fire at a chemical distribution facility in the city’s west end.

“Toronto Water is on scene right now. They’ve got bales of hay and dikes in the event that it goes. Right now, it’s under control. There’s no risk of that being impacted at all,” he said.

“The Ministry of the Environment has also been notified, but again we’re keeping our eye on that and so far, so good.”

Darling said at one point, more than 100 firefighters responded to the blaze at the facility on Di

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