JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department will be keeping watch through the night on a fire that sparked Monday afternoon at a recycling plant on West Beaver Street.
Crews with JFRD could be observed on the First Alert Weather Sky Cams spraying water on the fire around 4:45 p.m. Monday.
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The fire started in the main production building of the recycling plant and was reported to JFRD at 4:15 p.m.
The heavy fire started spreading due to the wind and multiple ladders were needed to put out the flames.
About 99% of the paper products at the plant burned.
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At this time, the equipment at the plant is not believed to be the cause of the fire, JFRD said.
JFRD said there were between 5 to 10 employees at the plant at the time of the fire, and no injuries have been reported.
JFRD said just before 6 p.m. that the situation would be under control soon and the area would be blocked off until midnight.
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