Fire Burns At Oakland Metal Recycling Plant

OAKLAND (CBS SF) -- A fire burned at a metal recycling plant in Oakland Wednesday in the Jack London Square area, sending large billowing clouds of smoke in the air that could be seen across a wide area.

The Oakland Fire Department said the fire was burning at Schnitzer Steel on the 1100 block of Embarcadero West. The one-alarm fire was under control as of about 5 p.m., according to the fire department.

Fire officials did not say immediately what was burning.

No injuries have been reported.

 

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