Truck catches fire at fuel facility outside Yellowknife Airport

Firefighters quickly contained a Friday morning fire on the grounds of the Shell fuel facility outside Yellowknife’s airport.

The fire was contained to a fuel truck at the Bristol Avenue compound and a small adjacent building.

Initial video footage published shortly after 9am showed a dangerous fire within metres of fuel storage buildings at the tank farm.

Crews worked rapidly to bring the fire under control. Yellowknife Airport’s firefighters joined the response alongside municipal colleagues.

By 10:15am, fire trucks had departed the scene. A municipal enforcement blockade of Bristol Avenue had lifted.

The remains of a truck could be seen inside the compound.

In a written update issued on Friday afternoon, the City of Yellowknife confirmed nobody had been hurt in the incident.

The city said the fire had begun while the fuel truck was at a refuelling station within the facility.

“When crews arrived on scene, smoke and flames were visible on and around the fuel truck,” the city wrote.

“The YKFD used a hose line to contain the fire to the fuel truck. With assistance from the Airport Fire Department who arrived on scene, the fire was quickly extinguished.

“There were no injuries reported and the fire was confined to the truck and the loading island. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.”