MG: Large fire spreads toxic smoke in Greater BH

A fire large proportion mobilized five teams of firefighterssince the early hours of this Friday (14), in Contagem, Metropolitan Region of Belo Horizonte (MG).

According to the CBMMG (Minas Gerais Fire Department), the .

The teams were called around 4:05 in the morning. Smoke invaded part of the avenue due to the direction of the wind and one lane is blocked towards Betim. Transcon (Contagem Transport Company) is on site managing traffic.

Firefighters reported that, so far, There is no information on the possible causes that led to the fire and there is also no information about the regularity of the recycling activity that was carried out on site. No one responsible for the activity appeared, until the closing of this article.

“The flames were contained before they spread to the surrounding vegetation. The small isolated outbreaks were controlled to begin the recovery process.”, informed the firefighters. The crews requested the support of a backhoe to turn over the deteriorated material. At least 50 thousand liters of water have been used so far.

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