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Water Availability Complicates Stubborn Junk Yard Fire

Vehicles stacked four deep at Canton Township salvage yard; tanker trucks from nearby departments respond.

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CANTON TOWNSHIP, MI – Fire crews are battling a stubborn fire at an auto salvage yard in Canton Township that had been burning for more than seven hours Thursday morning.

Fire broke out at E and M Auto Sales on Morton Tyler Road about 2:20 a.m., WWJ reports.

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More than 150 cars and trucks are involved in the fire, Canton Township Fire Chief Joshua Meier told the radio station.

The vehicles, many of them containing flammable fluids, are stacked up to four vehicles high, complicating firefighters’ efforts. Also complicating the firefighting operation is the lack of fire hydrants on the property.

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Tanker trucks from Van Buren, Superior and Sumpter townships are bringing water to the scene.

Firefighters began moving the vehicles so they could put out hot spots.

There are no reported injuries, and the cause of the fire remains under investigation.

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