An acre of cars stacked 100 feet tall burns at Utah recycling center

Salt Lake City firefighters battle early blaze; smoke, flames from 2 alarm fire seen for miles

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, April 11, 2025 (Gephardt Daily) — Salt Lake City firefighters are keeping a close eye on a stubborn fire which continues to smolder at a recycling center south of the Salt Lake City International Airport. The 2-alarm fire broke out early Friday about 5 a.m. sending columns of smoke and flames hundreds of feet in the air. Captain Brandt Hancuff, public information officer for the Salt Lake City Fire Department, said the flam…

An acre of cars stacked 100 feet tall burns at Utah recycling center

Salt Lake City firefighters put water on a fire burning at Metro Group Inc. Recycling & Transloading Services on Friday, April 11, 2025. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News SALT LAKE CITY (KSL.com) — A large fire at an industrial recycling facility in Salt Lake is going to be “a very long, drawn-out firefighting process,” according to Salt Lake Fire Capt. Brandt Hancuff. Crews received a call at about 5 a.m. for a fire at Metro Group Inc.’s Salt L…

Bucks firefighters respond as investigation launched into recycling centre fires

An investigation has been launched after two huge fires at a recycling centre in the space of just three weeks.

An acre of cars, stacked 100 feet tall, catch fire at Salt Lake recycling center

A large area of cars waiting to be recycled at the Metro Group Inc. recycling center in Salt Lake City caught fire Friday morning.

Massive fire engulfs acre of recycled cars in Salt Lake City, expcted to burn for days

Crews respond to massive fire at Salt Lake City recycling plant on April 11, 2025. (Photo: Salt Lake City Fire Department)

Fire at recycling center in Salt Lake City could continue for days

A fire at a recycling center in Salt Lake City that has been burning since early Friday morning, sending smoke into the air across the valley, could burn for days.Approximately 50 firefighters responded to the fire at the Metro Group Recycling Center at 3150 Harvey Milk Boulevard, just south of Salt Lake City International Airport, soon after 5:15 a.m.According to fire officials, vehicles at the recycling center are among the items burning. Watc…