ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Firefighters battled a large fire at a recycling facility in St. Paul Tuesday.
Thick black smoke billowed from the blaze at Metro Metals Recycling. Firefighters were called to the scrap metal facility about 11:30 a.m. No injuries were reported, fire officials said.
Crews are trying to keep the fire in a large debris pile from reaching any structures, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reported.
A recycling fire at a metal recycling facility in Becker earlier this year burned for days.
According to officials, the blaze last February at Northern Metal Recycling may have been accidentally sparked by a discarded battery.
Workers told investigators that while batteries are supposed to be removed from vehicles before they’re received at the scrap yard, some occasionally slip through.
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