Smoke could be seen for miles as a result of a fire in a scrapyard in Southwest Detroit, the morning of Wednesday, May 14. WWJ's Charlie Langton said firefighters were called to Ferrous Processing and Trading Company on Lonyo near Dix at around 3 a.m.
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00:00This is an incredible fire. It's just spreading very quickly here.
00:05Ferro's recycling, it looks like here. Southwest Detroit, Lonyo and Dix.
00:10And I've only been here about a half hour or so, but these flames are starting to get bigger.
00:14And the smoke is just incredible going through Southwest Detroit.
00:19Look at the smoke here! Anyway, you can hear a little explosion, something like that one.
00:24Whoa! Big explosion. This fire is spreading very quickly.
00:29This is recycling, little small appliances.
00:32Again, Southwest Detroit, Lonyo and Dix. This scrapyard is on fire.