The mayor of Saint John, N.B., says a large explosion at the city’s American Iron & Metal recycling facility rattled the harbourfront Saturday morning. In this file photo, Mayor Don Darling, right, addresses the media at a news conference about an explosion at the Irving Oil refinery in Saint John, N.B., on Monday, October 8, 2018. Darling recently expressed frustration with the regularly occuring explosions from the city’s American Iron & Metal recycling facility and is actively looking for solutions to the issue. ( Stephen MacGillivray / THE CANADIAN PRESS FILE PHOTO )He said Saint John residents are concerned with the frequency of explosions from the site, estimating that there have been about 40 in the past year or so. The tricky part, he said, is that the facility isn’t the city’s jurisdiction, since it is regulated by the provincial government and the federally run Port Saint John.

Source: thestar November 10, 2018 20:03 UTC