Photos: Fort Worth, TX, Firefighters Tackle Recycling Yard Blaze for 15 Hours

More than a half-dozen fire departments spent the majority of their shift battling a stubborn blaze at a Fort Worth recycling facility Sunday.

Firefighters were called to Silver Creek Materials around 3 p.m. on the city's west side for a brush fire and units request additional resources.

The fire appeared to have started in a large pile of discarded pallets and wood and spread to an area filled with tires and other debris.

"This was a wind-driven fire, with strong gusts fanning the flames," Fort Worth Fire spokesman Craig Trojacek told Firehouse.com. "That's what is driving this smoke to be seen for miles. It's not the typical brush fire. It was very combustible material that burned." 

The fire was more than a mile off the road, and Trojacek said multiple pumpers were called in to lay nearly 7,000 feet of hose from a hydrant to the scene.

Firefighters used handlines, deck guns, ladder pipes and portable monitors to keep the flames from spreading any further. 

"It was pretty tough conditions for our firefighters today, between the high temperatures, the intense heat and long working hours," Trojacek told Firehouse.com. The afternoon temperature was in the mid-90s.

Facility workers used heavy-duty equipment to move burning debris and sometimes cover up and sm

other the burning materials. 

Assistance from Azle, Benbrook, Lake Worth, River Oaks Sansom Park, Lake Worth and White Settlement fire departments were used to shuttle water to the scene, and to establish a water supply, plus battle the fire.

Firefighters remained on scene until 6 a.m. and Tojacek said more than two dozen Fort Worth fire companies responded.

Trojacek said two firefighters were injured, including one who was taken to the hospital. Both suffered non-life-threatening injuries. 

During this fire, Fort Worth had two other significant structure fires and responded to a drowning in a lake.