SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A large fire burning in Sacramento caused a large, black plume of smoke to be seen across the city Thursday afternoon.
The Sacramento Fire Department says they're battling the large fire at a recycling facility on Florin Perkins Road and 24th Avenue around 5 p.m. They were originally called about a trash fire but the call was rapidly increased to a four-alarm fire.
Captain Justin Sylvia says the amount of items inside the recycling plant are making the large smoke plumes. The fuels consist of plastic, metals and cardboard.
Sac Metro Air District strongly encourages anyone who smells smoke from the fire to go indoors or leave the area as breathing smoke is unhealthy.
Over 100 firefighters are on scene and working in the area to keep the fire at the recycling center and away from other businesses.
Sacramento Police Department officers tell ABC10 Florin Perkins and Fruitridge, Belvedere and Florin Perkins, and 84th St. and 24th Avenue will be closed for multiple hours and the train tracks in the area are also no longer operating.
Smoke from the fire is visible from Stockton.
An investigation is ongoing into what caused the fire. No other information is known at this time.
