Zinc fire prompts evacuation at Northeast Philadelphia manufacturing plant

NORTHEAST PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- First responders were on the scene of a fire at a manufacturing plant in Northeast Philadelphia.

The blaze was first reported at 9:00 a.m. Tuesday at Allied Tube and Conduit in the 11000 block of Norcum Road.

The fire department tells Action News that there was a pot of Zinc on fire that caused the Hazmat and evacuation.

Crews were able to extinguish the blaze and a HAZMAT clean up company was called to the scene.

No one was injured.

Images from Chopper 6 HD overhead showed several fire trucks on the scene.

An area in front of the 2-story building had been marked off with caution tape, and a number of people, believed to be workers, were standing outside.

Allied Tube and Conduit is a pipe manufacturing company headquartered in Illinois.