Crime & Safety
Recycling Business Burns In Stanton
Orange County Fire Authority Firefighters raced to a large recycling business to quell a blaze from sparking out of control.
STANTON, CA — No one was injured in a two-alarm fire that erupted at a recycling center in Stanton Monday, Orange County Fire Authority reported.
Firefighters were dispatched just before 1 p.m. to 11000 block of Knott Ave., said Orange County Fire Authority Capt. Tony Bommarito.
Preliminary indications showed some "burning material on a conveyor belt that carried throughout the facility"Bommarito said. That material ignited multiple fires, according to Bommarito's report.
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As of 3 p.m. the fire was reportedly under control.
A bulldozer was ordered to the scene that would overhaul operations, where large piles of recycling material will be further checked for burning material and hot spots, Bommarito said.
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Stanton 2nd Alarm Fire: 12:51pm. 11000 Block of Knott Ave. Fire is at a recycling center. Approx 70 firefighters onscene. Extensive overhaul. Anaheim Fire assisting. pic.twitter.com/VSGzKAvAm8
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