Major building fire closes the Metropolitan Expressway in Montreal

Highway 40 closed due to fire A fire in a building beside the Metropolitan Expressway caused the highway to be closed.

MONTREAL — The Metropolitan Expressway (A-40) was closed in both directions Thursday night after a nearby building fire sent billowing clouds of smoke across the roadway.

Police said the smoke was too thick for drivers to safely drive through and closed the highway at 9:45 p.m.

The Montreal fire department (SIM) reported a first alarm of the fire at the intersection of Broadway Ave. North and Metropolitan Blvd. East just north of the Highway.

The eastbound direction of the highway was reopened at 2:30 a.m. and the westbound direction at 4:30 a.m.

Crews were on the scene Friday morning clearing rubble from the destroyed building.

No other buildings were affected and there were no injuries.