Crews fought an industrial fire on the city's west side Wednesday afternoon. The smoke from the fire was visible from I-71, as well as Cleveland Hopkins Airport.
The fire broke out at a recycling center on the 16000 block of Industrial Parkway. According to authorities, cardboard outside the facility caught on fire. The flames didn't extend into the structure.
Large 🔥 load at 222 🔥 on west side. pic.twitter.com/zEzSLb04kn
— ClevelandFire (@ClevelandFire) May 30, 2018
#CLE 🔥 CREWS fighting 222Fire in Battalion 3 (West Side). Large bales of compressed cardboard stacked four high. Burning and collapsing. pic.twitter.com/iqE3uH2tJ6
— ClevelandFire (@ClevelandFire) May 30, 2018
It's not clear what started the fire.
— Meg Shaw (@MegDShaw) May 30, 2018
News 5 has a crew headed to the scene.
Got one too, does not look at all contained pic.twitter.com/APeqamfngZ
— Paul Vogelsang (@paulvogelsang) May 30, 2018
Two firefighters were treated for heat exhaustion while battling the blaze.
I saw a firefighter on a stretcher who is now being treated by EMS @WEWS pic.twitter.com/ALs4iw7RQ6
— Tracy Carloss (@TracyCarloss) May 30, 2018
