Posted on Wednesday, 5th July 2006 by Patrick Dorwin
There was quite a fire going on at a junk yard on Milwaukee’s north side. I was within 5 blocks of it, and I can tell you that it was a very imposing sight. There were about 100 junk cars on fire and you could hear gas tanks exploding. For a few hours, there was a heavy black plume of smoke that could be seen all over town.
You can see a video of the fire here: JS Online:Video: Fire at scrap yard
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July 5th, 2006 at 10:03 pm
The explosions you heard were probably the tires and not the gas tanks.
July 5th, 2006 at 10:33 pm
With the price of gas, why would anyone leave any gas in any tank if they could siphon it out?
July 6th, 2006 at 12:36 am
I suspect foul play in the Wednesday fire. I forget which TV station, but they reported that the junk yard owner had to go before the city or something to renew a permit the next day (Thursday).
July 6th, 2006 at 5:39 am
One station said that earlier in the day, there was a brush fire next to the scrap yard down the road. I have also seen a sign in the area that said something to the effect of “no more junk yards” referring, I guess, to the fact that there are two or three junk yards right in that area. (Between Sherman & Teutonia) It is a pretty industrial area, but there are homes just west of there (running west from about 39th or 40th street) and I seems that the people in the area may be fighting against some sort of expansion.
July 6th, 2006 at 5:47 am
I assume that this is what the news report was talking about when they mentioned a brush fire, but I was left with the impression that the fire department was called to a brush fire.