STOCKTON, Calif. — Stockton firefighters knocked down a 5-alarm fire at a tomato packing plant on Waterloo Road, Tuesday morning.
Crews were called out to the scene at R&B Foods, Inc. around 8:30 a.m. Once on scene crews reported seeing massive plumes of black smoke pouring from pallets near the business.
Stockton Deputy Fire Chief Shannon Lewis said roughly 1.5 acres of tomato bins burned in the fire, but no structures were damaged.
"They fought the fire for about an hour," Lewis said. "They were getting pretty good headway and then the pallets kind of started to collapsing and the fire started to really get away from them."
One firefighter was treated for heat exhaustion.
Lewis said because of the plastic that burned, there was the potential of toxic fumes in the air.
"Luckily, today, we had some really good weather conditions, and the smoke raised up really high and then drop down back into the lower areas," Lewis explained. "It didn't really affect any of the residents in our area."
An investigation is currently in action to see what caused the blaze
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