Plume of smoke rises from fire in Tacony junkyard

Monday, August 27, 2018
TACONY (WPVI) -- Firefighters are working to extinguish a fire in a junkyard in the Tacony section of the city Monday afternoon.

It is happening along the 5200 block of Unruh Avenue near the Delaware River.
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Officials report arriving on scene to thick, black smoke and fire showing from a junkyard just after 4 p.m.

Chopper 6 was overhead as firefighters worked to put out the flames.

Chopper 6 over junkyard fire in Tacony


There is no word on the cause of the fire at this time.



This is the latest in a string of junkyard fires across the city, with the last one on Saturday afternoon.
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