Crime & Safety

Fire Department: Fire at Recycling Plant Near Northside Drive May Burn for Days

Early morning traffic was rerouted Monday morning after a large fire at recycling plant in NW Atlanta.


Materials within a recycling plant at 830 Jefferson Street NW, caught on fire in the early Monday morning hours around 4 a.m.  Fire investigators were able to get the fire under control rather quickly, and are now focusing on putting out the large and numerous hotspots.

The recycling plant is located just behind Northside Drive and Tech Parkway, and some local traffic in the area was rerouted while fire crews were on the scene.

Fire Department officials told WSB-TV that, "it may take days to put out a stubborn fire that engulfed a northwest Atlanta recycling facility."

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Atlanta Fire crews will have to use backhoes and other equipment to try to knock the fire out, as it continues to burn.

As you can imagine there are literally tons of materials at the recycling plant that can and will catch fire and continue to smolder.

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According to 11Alive.com, "no injuries have been reported and the cause of the fire has not been determined."

Atlanta fire Battalion Chief Kevin Roberts informed the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, “I’m sure there’s toxins in there, I just don’t know what they are. Luckily, most of [the smoke] is going up and away and we don’t have any of our crews operating in the immediate part of it.”

During most of the day Monday, the smoke from the fire was blowing West away from the West Midtown and GA Tech area.


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