Crews work to put out large Opa-locka junkyard fire
Crews are establishing extra water supplies and monitoring hot spots as officials report no injuries.
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Opa-locka residents shocked by intense smoke caused by junkyard fire - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports
As several firefighters continued to battle an aggressive junkyard fire, several residents spent much of their Memorial Day concerned about the smoke filling the air. Dozens of residents lined up along Northwest 135th Street down to Northwest 42nd Avenue to see the massive plume of smoke covering the sky, Monday. Officials say the fire started at a junkyard near Cairo Lane around 5 p.m. As smoke covered the skyline, residents are worried over th…
Crews work to put out large Opa-locka junkyard fire
Fire crews are working to put out a massive junkyard fire this Monday evening in Opa-locka. Authorities said the call came in shortly after 5 p.m., reporting multiple vehicles on fire, near the 13100 block and Cairo Lane. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue (MDFR) crews are working to establish additional water supplies while monitoring and addressing hot spots. MDFR said the junkyard fire was upgraded from a third alarm to a fifth alarm as crews requested a…
More than 80 units of the Miami-Dade fire department battled for hours to contain and extinguish a large-scale fire that broke out on Monday afternoon in a scrap yard in Opa-locka. The disaster, described by the authorities as one of the largest in the town’s history, forced the closure of roads and the preventive evacuation of dozens of families. The emergency began shortly after 5:00 p.m. near the 13100 block of Cairo Lane, after several vehic…
Firefighters are working to extinguish a large fire that started this Monday afternoon in an Opa-locka scrapping business. Authorities said the call was received shortly after 5 p.m., reporting several burning vehicles near 13100 block and Cairo Lane. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue (MDFR) teams are working to establish additional water supplies, while monitoring and servicing hot spots. Rony Torres has his business in the affected area, and says the mat…
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