Operations & Training

Flames Consume Tire Piles at Philly Recycling Plant

Nov. 10, 2021

A recycling plant fire in Southwest Philadelphia on Tuesday blanketed the sky with smoke as crews battled the two-alarm fire involving tires.

By Robert Moran

Source The Philadelphia Inquirer

Firefighters use elevated waterways to control a multiple-alarm fire at a recycling center.

Nov. 10—A two-alarm fire with smoke visible for miles broke out late Tuesday afternoon in Southwest Philadelphia, authorities said.

Photos posted on Twitter by the Philadelphia Fire Department showed a large pile of tires burning near 61st Street and Lindbergh Boulevard. The Fire Department said about 100 personnel had been involved starting around 3 p.m. in battling the blaze at what was described as a junkyard.

The fire was declared under control at 5:30 and no injuries were reported.

The cause of the fire was under investigation.