Worker saw 'river of fire' below him during blaze in Halifax

Firefighters extinguished a fire that sent heavy black smoke billowing through Halifax's north endon Wednesday morning.

Fire crews were called to abuilding under construction at Massachusetts Avenue and Columbus Street around 9:10 a.m.

Jeff Gooch, a worker at the site, said some roofing primer fell off acrane while it was being hoisted up, and some propane below "instantly caught on fire with the primer."

Gooch was on a lift when the fire broke out below him.

"We have a lot of flammable stuff here on site and it just lit up everything," Gooch said. "There was a river of fire flowing right underneath us. It was something I never saw before."

No one was injured in the fire, which was under control within about half an hour.

A fire investigator has been called in.