Crews fight large fire at recycling facility on Hoover Road in Durham

MURDER AND HIS COURT APPEARANCE

IS SUPPOSED TO BE AT 2.30.

>> AFTER 11 HOURS, THE DURHAM

FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS CLEARED

THE SCENE OF A LARGE FIRE AT A

RECYCLING FACILITY. IT'S OVER

ON HOOVER ROAD AND THE CHIEF

TELLS US THEY'VE BEEN THERE

BEFORE WRAL'S. MONICA CASEY IS

LIVE AT THE SCENE RIGHT NOW.

MONACO, WHAT MADE THIS

PARTICULAR FIRE SO DIFFICULT TO

PUT OUT?

WELL, RENAY, THE LOCATION HERE

IS TOUGH. THERE'S NOT MUCH

WATER AROUND AND WHAT THERE

IS IS ACROSS THESE TRAIN TRACKS

INTO THE CHIEF TOLD ME THEY HAD

TO RUN A SUPPLY LINE ACROSS

THE TRACKS.

>> AND THEN THEY DUG UNDERNEATH

THE TRAIN TRACKS TO RUN THE

WATER SUPPLY LINE AND ARE THERE

TO GET TO THE FIRE ALL THE WAY

OVER HERE WHERE YOU CAN SEE

THEY ARE STILL CLEANING UP

HERE. THE FIRE IS OUT NOW, BUT

THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SENT US

THESE PHOTOS OF THE FIRE AT ITS

PEAK EMPLOYEES OF THE FACILITY

GOT INVOLVED MOVING A TRACTOR

TRAILER OUT OF THE WAY AND

RUNNING AN EXCAVATOR TO SMOOTH

OUT THE DEBRIS PILE TO LET

CREWS GET CLOSER TO THE FIRE.

CHIEF BODIES OLDEST TELLS ME

THE CAUSE IS UNKNOWN RIGHT NOW.

I DID ASK IF IT COULD HAVE BEEN

A BATTERY.

>> I MEAN, THAT'S ALL WE CAN BE

SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO TO A

SUSPECT IN THESE TYPES OF

FIRES. WE KNOW THAT A LOT.

WE KNOW AROUND THE NATION.

THERE'S JUST BEEN A RASH OF

OF TRASH TRUCK FIRES AND SO

MANY OF THEM ARE CAUSED BY

BATTERIES.

>> NOW THERE WERE NO INJURIES

HERE. 28 AT FIRE DEPARTMENT

EMPLOYEES FROM 12 DIFFERENT

UNITS WERE HERE TO DEAL WITH

THE FIRE CHIEF TELLS ME THEY'VE

BEEN YEAR FOR FIRES 4 TIMES

SINCE 2023, BUT HE EMPHASIZES

THAT IS COMMON AT RECYCLING

PLANT. SOTO SAYS THIS IS A

REMINDER TO DISPOSE OF YOUR

TRASH, ESPECIALLY YOUR

BATTERIES PROPERLY. THE CITY

OF DURHAM HAS A FACILITY WHERE

YOU CAN DROP THOSE OFF AND SOME

HOME DEPOT AND LOWE'S LOCATIONS

TAKE BATTERIES AS WELL. LIVE

IN DURHAM, AKA CASEY WRAL,