A devastating fire tore through Crystal City, Man., on Monday evening, reducing a grain elevator to ash and severely damaging a hardware store. Previous NextColleen Henderson, who is part of the emergency response team in Crystal City, described the initial blaze as an explosion. It was huge, huge flames, which obviously they couldn't even try to control. "It was huge, huge flames, which obviously they couldn't even try to control," she said. Firefighters from surrounding communities descended on Crystal City — 155 kilometres southwest of Winnipeg, not far from the U.S. border — to battle the blaze.

Source: CBC News August 21, 2018 01:40 UTC