Overnight fire closes road near Raleigh recycling plant

Garner Road was closed in Raleigh early Wednesday morning as firefighters worked to contain a fire at a recycling plant.
Posted 3/24/2021, 9:14:56 AM

WILL PASS ALONG ANY MORE

INFORMATION.

>>> FIRE CREWS HAVE SAT DOWN ON

A RUDE IN RALEIGH AS CREWS

WORKED A BIT OUT OF FIRE AT A

RECYCLING PLANT.

LAURA LEVINE JOINS US NOW LIVE

FROM THAT SCENE.

>> Reporter: YOU CAN SEE

RALEIGH POLICE RIGHT NOW

BLOCKING OFF GARNER ROAD AND

HAVING TO TURN A LOT OF

VEHICLES AROUND.

PLEASE TAKE NOTE THAT THE ROAD

IS STILL BLOCKED OFF BECAUSE IT

IS STILL AN ACTIVE SCENE.

AS YOU CAN SEE, A FIRE TRUCK

OUT THERE IN THE DISTANCE AND I

DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN TAKE A

LOOK AT THAT AT THIS POINT, BUT

WHEN WE ARRIVED THERE WERE

SEVERAL VEHICLES AND WE COULD

SEE SMOKE BILLOWING IN THE AIR

NEAR A RECYCLING FACILITY.

WE ARE WORKING TO GET MORE

INFORMATION AS TO WHAT HAPPENED.

IN THE VIDEO, YOU CAN SEE

FIREFIGHTERS HAVING TO RENDER

HOSES PRETTY FAR FROM THE

HYDRANT ON GARNER ROAD INTO A

SCRAPYARD AND ARE USING

ADDITIONAL TANKERS TO SUPPLY

THEIR WATER SOURCE.

AS TO HOW THE FIRE STARTED AND

WHERE EXACTLY IS TAKING PLACE.

FROM OUR VANTAGE POINT IS

COMING FROM A SCAB SCRAPYARD AT

THE RECYCLING FACILITY ON

GARNER ROAD.

STILL WORKING TO FIND OUT

EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED HERE AND

OF COURSE, IF THERE WERE ANY