SANTA CLARA (KRON) -- Firefighters have contained a fo-alarm fire at a Santa Clara recycling business sending huge plumes of black smoke into the skies near Mineta San Jose International Airport.
The fire broke out at ECS Refining at 705 Reed Street in Santa Clara.
KRON 4's Craig Sklar reports witnesses say a small fire broke out in one section of the recycling yard and spread quickly. Craig says thick acrid smoke spread across the area. Despite the plume of dark smoke near the runway, officials say the fire did not impact operations at San Jose Mineta Airport.
The ECS Refining company's web site says the facility "offers a variety of recycling services to the electronics industry and photographic industries. As a permitted treatment, storage, and disposal facility (TSDF), ECS accepts both hazardous and non-hazardous wastes for recycling."
There is no word now on the cause of the fire or reports of any injuries.
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