UPDATE Large fire burning at a scrap metal recycling facility near the PortofOakland producing massive plume of black smoke
Air quality in parts of the Bay Area being affected by fire near Port of OaklandOAKLAND -- A plume of smoke from a scrap metal fire made its way into Oakland, and people in the South Bay even reported smelling smoke.
The fire began around 6 p.m., and it was under control just before 10 p.m., the Oakland Fire Department said.But smoke was still being sent up into the air as crews continued to douse the debris pile with water. "When we came in, they didn't tell us that it was smoke or anything and they didn't mention it," Williams said."The only time we noticed it is when we saw it and smelled it and the people in back of us told us it's been going on all afternoon."
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