Vancouver firefighters encountered several challenges battling a fire at a metal recycling plant blaze that broke out Tuesday night.
“The fire just kind of took off pretty quick, so we called for additional resources, Vancouver Fire PIO Bryan Fredrickson told KOIN.
“The water supply is difficult down here. It’s difficult to access, and so, it took us quite a while to get to the scene of the fire. Now we got heavy equipment working on it, and we should have it out probably by tomorrow morning.”
The pile of scrap metal is probably over 30 feet deep.
Firefighters remained at the scene Thursday morning.
Residents told reporters they were worried about air quality.
Susan Nicol is the news editor for Firehouse.com. She is a life member and active with the Brunswick Volunteer Ambulance & Rescue Company, Oxford Fire Company and Brunswick Vol. Fire Co. Susie has been an EMT in Maryland since 1976. Susie is vice-president of the Frederick County Fire/Rescue Museum. She is on the executive committee of Frederick County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association. She also is part of the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIEMSS) Region II EMS Council. Susie is a board member of the American Trauma Society, Maryland Division. Prior to joining the Firehouse team, she was a staff writer for The Frederick News-Post, covering fire, law enforcement, court and legislative issues.
