OneSteel Ltd. fire video, Tampa industrial recycling complex at 50th St. and Port Sutton Road

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Posted: 02/18/2013

TAMPA, Fla. - Hillsborough Country Fire Rescue is fighting a two-alarm fire on 50 th St. and Port Sutton Road in Tampa.

The burning structure, a recycling industrial complex, is located south of Causeway Boulevard, west of US 41 on the Port Sutton area.

When fire crews arrived, they found a large pile of metal on fire.

There are two large diesel tanks of fuel that firefighters are trying to protect from the flames.

Explosion-like noises have already been heard and crews are working to keep the fire from highly explosive materials in the vicinity.

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