Fire rages in junkyard on Chicago's West Side
CHICAGO (CBS) -- A fire ripped through a junkyard in the West Side's North Austin neighborhood late Friday.
The junkyard in the 1900 block of North Austin Avenue contains scrapped cars, truck trailers, shipping containers, recreational vehicles, and other conveyances.
Piles of tires, old cardboard, and other debris were also in the junkyard -- and appeared to be close to the flames.
When Chopper 2 first arrived at the scene around 4:30 p.m., only a few cars appeared to be on fire. The fire later spread to more cars in a section of the junkyard, and smoke could be seen for miles by 5 p.m.
Firefighters appeared to have the fire extinguished soon afterward.
There were no injuries, the Fire Department said. Information about the cause of the fire was not immediately available.
