(Neville Island, Pa.) Around 4 p.m. Wednesday, April 14, 2021 , there was a large scrap pile that caught on fire at the Metalico Scrap-yard on Neville Island. It’s being reported that witnesses said they heard some loud pops and then fire erupted on the large pile at the business on Grand Avenue.
Firefighters from several departments conducted a large tanker operation to haul in loads of water, dousing the heaping pile of flaming scrap metal from all directions.
Crews also had to tear the scarp pile apart piece by piece with heavy equipment to attack the flames.