Recycling facility fire sends dark smoke plume into Dallas sky
A large plume of dark smoke was seen over Dallas Sunday afternoon due to a fire at a recycling plant, Dallas Fire-Rescue said.
Dallas Fire-Rescue said crews were called to the Cham Star Recycling facility, located at 4141 Singleton Boulevard, just before 4 p.m., reporting heavy fire and "a thick column of black smoke."
Firefighters worked from above, using hand lines and multiple aerial ladder towers to spray water and bring the fire under control.
DFR said units cleared the scene at 11:11 p.m. The fire was under control long before crews left, according to DFR, but several hot spots remained Sunday night, so an excavator dug through the debris to find and extinguish them.
According to on-scene personnel, most of what was burning was pallets of various paper materials. No one was working in the area where the fire began, DFR said, and no injuries were reported.
DFR's HazMat team was dispatched as a precaution and said that no hazardous materials were involved in the fire.
The fire remains under investigation.
