LITHONIA, Ga. — DeKalb fire crews responded to a massive fire at a car recycling plant Tuesday afternoon.
Jaseon Daniels, the public information officer for DeKalb County Fire and Rescue, said they received the call to respond to the business in the 6700 block of Chapman Road around 5:30 p.m. When the11Alive SkyTracker flew over the scene, there were plumes of black smoke filling the air.
Daniels said multiple cars caught fire at the plant. He said it's impossible to be able to tell how many went up in flames at this time.
“Trucks are going back and forth to shuttle water," he said. "Each of our engines are equipped with 500 gallons of water. Once they empty that water to another unit that is actually on scene pumping the fire, they go back to the hydrant to receive more fire.”
He said the cars are compacted and the fire is also burning whatever is underneath them.
"We also have some of the crews here on site that actually work here moving some of the cars around so that they can get the fire that’s underneath," said.
Investigators will work to determine how the fire started. No injuries have been reported at this time.
