VIDEO: Authorities are working to learn what sparked a massive junkyard fire in Falls Township, Bucks County, and the flames were so intense that people were calling in reports from New Jersey. Heavy smoke and flames were visible in the area around Middle and Solar Drives in Falls Township.
Chopper 3 was live over the scene around 3 p.m. Thursday.
Falls Township Police Lt. Henry Ward told Eyewitness News the fire is burning in a metal recycling facility inside the U.S. Steel Mill.
Ward says it’s essentially a giant scrap pile composed of crushed used cards, but it does include rubber and some fuel on those metal pieces and that is why fire and smoke have flared up at points throughout the afternoon.
The fire happened inside a 1,000-acre privacy property adjacent to the Delaware River.