SOUTHWEST PHILADELPHIA - A massive fire at a Southwest Philadelphia recycling facility has been placed under control as firefighters continue to extinguish hot spots.Thick black smoke could be seen miles away late Tuesday afternoon.
The 2-alarm fire broke out just before 3 p.m. at the Delaware Valley Recycling plant on the 3100 block of South 61st Street.
The company recycles construction materials including tires. From SKYFOX a huge pile of tires was seen burning.SKYFOX shows heavy smoke and flames shooting into the air. "Wood, tires, things like that, when they break down houses.
It looks like that’s what’s in the piles," said Captain Derek Bowmer of the Philadelphia Fire Department.More than 75 firefighters were on the scene.