The blaze closed the highway in both directions while images and videos of heavy smoke began surfacing online at around 6:30 p.m.
Highway 401 has reopened after being shut down in both directions near Oshawa due to a large fire visible from the highway.
Durham Regional Police confirmed in a statement to the Star that there was an active fire, adding on Twitter that the fire was in a building on Courtice Road.The highway was closed in both directions between Harmony Road in Oshawa and Highway 418, said Ontario Provincial Police in a tweet. Southbound lanes of Highway 418 were also closed between Regional Highway 2 and Highway 401.
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