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'Stubborn' blaze by train tracks in Halifax kept firefighters busy

A large fire at a shedbyrailway tracks by Chisholm Avenue kept Halifax firefighters busy Saturday evening. Halifax Regional Fire and Emergencywere called to the scene at 5:05 p.m. and continued their work into Sunday.

An empty, unused CN building caught fire Saturday evening

A spokesperson for CN Rail told CBC News in an email the building that caught fire on Saturday was empty and not currently in use. (Jeorge Sadi/CBC)

A large fire at ashedbyrailway tracks on Chisholm Avenue kept Halifax firefighters busy Saturday evening.

Crews were called to the scene at 5:05 p.m. Asof 7:20 p.m., there were about 30 firefighters on scene.

Crews could still be seen at the site putting out hot spots on Sunday morning.

Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency said there was no one in the building in the west-end structure at the time crews arrived. No injuries have been reported.

"It's just going to be a stubborn fire that's going to take several hours to extinguish," said District Chief Brad Connors.

Connorssaid there are several largefuel storage tanks near the structure, an old train maintenance facility that belongs to CN.

Fire crews were still at the scene of the fire on Sunday morning. (Anjuli Patil/CBC)

A spokesperson for CN told CBC News in an email the building was empty and notin use at the time of the fire.

Flames shot out from a shed by the railroad tracks Chisholm Avenue in Halifax on Saturday evening. (Anjuli Patil/CBC)

Some residents living near the site of the fire lost water around 6p.m. on Saturday. They were told it was because the water was needed to fight the fire.

Service resumed around 12:30 p.m. on Sunday.

The fire produced a large cloud of smoke on Saturday that could be seen fromDartmouth. Closer to the scene, the smell of smoke was heavy in the air.

The flames attracted dozens of onlookers behind the Joseph Howe Superstore.

The cause of the fire is not known.

With files from Elizabeth McMillan