On the morning of July 2nd 2019 a fire ignited in a recycling bay at CRI Environment Inc. located at 75 du Progrès in Côteau du Lac, Quebec and when the firefighters arrived at 9:00AM the fire was contained in the bay of origin by the activation of multiples sprinkler heads and was finally put out manually soon after. A total of 21 large orifice upright sprinklers fed by a dry pipe system activated and saved the building structure according to the staff.