Firefighters extinguished a fire involving thousands of kilograms of lithium batteries in the Port of Montreal Monday night.

The Montreal fire department is advising residents of the Mercier—Hochelaga-Maisonneuve to stay inside on Monday evening due to a fire involving 15,000 kilograms of lithium batteries. One firefighter was taken to hospital however,

The City of Montreal has issued a lockdown notice for residents in the Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve borough due to smoke from a fire in a container storing 15,000 kilograms of lithium batteries in the Port of Montreal.

Firefighters are working to extinguish thousands of kilograms of lithium batteries that are on fire at the Port of Montreal.In a Facebook post, the Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve borough says a lockdown notice is in progress in a sector adjacent to the port due to the fire.

Some east end residents are criticizing the response to a lithium battery fire at the Port of Montreal that forced dozens of people to leave their homes. An estimated 15,000 kilograms of batteries burned for hours just steps from a residential neighbourhood,

MONTREAL — The City of Montreal issued a lockdown notice for some residents of an east-end borough on Monday night due to a battery fire at the city's port that has since been brought under control.