King back open after fire

By News Staff

Posted Jul 4, 2011 12:56:25 PM.

This article is more than 5 years old.

Police have re-opened King Street between Victoria and Moore Avenue in Kitchener after a fire earlier this afternoon.

The fire broke out just after noon at the old Collins and Aikman plant.

Kitchener Fire Chief, Tim Beckett tells 570 News during some demolition work, debris caught fire in an elevator shaft.

He says they have yet to determine a cause.

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