Fiery objects in the sky in east Montreal were pyrotechnics that caused small fire: fire department

Drivers in Montreal's east end saw fiery objects on Friday afternoon that turned out to be pyrotechnics. (Lisa Christensen)

Drivers in Montreal’s east end on Friday afternoon may have spotted fiery objects in the sky.

According to the Montreal fire department (SIM), those objects, spotted around 3:40 p.m. near the Metropolitan Expressway (A-20), were pyrotechnics.

“Someone called for smoke on the roof of a building, and when the firefighters arrived on the scene it was pyrotechnics that were shot and damaged the roof,” said SIM fire chief Eric Lafrance.

Lafrance said there was a bit of smoke but no major damage to the roof, and the fire did not spread.