Scrap yard catches fire on West Side of Chicago
A fire was burning in a scrap yard on Monday afternoon on the West Side of Chicago.
The fire started shortly after 4 p.m. at a metal recycling facility along Central Avenue just south of the Eisenhower Expressway in the Austin neighborhood.
The fire sent a large plume of black smoke into the air. Workers in the scrap yard were seen using construction equipment to try to suffocate the blaze.
A Chicago Fire Department engine was seen arriving at the facility to begin battling the blaze shortly before 4:15 p.m.
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