A dark plume of smoke rose up from the Pickering water treatment plant this morning (Tuesday, January 20, 2014). Firefighters were fighting a fire at the plant and by 11 a.m. appeared to be beaten down. The Dufferin Creek Water Pollution Control Plant is located on McKay Road near Squires Beach Road, south of Highway 401. Durham police say an explosion occurred inside one of the buildings but no one suffered any injuries and everyone is accounted for.
