Trash spewed across the site - fire broke out Tuesday
Providence City Councilman Pedro Espinal is criticizing the ongoing contamination of South Providence after a fire erupted at the Rhode Island Recycled Metals site on the waterfront on Tuesday, sending black smoke into the air.
The site where the fire took place has operated under the claim that it is cutting up a sunken Russian submarine that was located in Providence more than a decade ago to serve as a museum. The sub was once used in a Harrison Ford movie -- "K-19: The Widowmaker.” The site is covered with debris — appliances, metal scrap, and garbage unrelated to the submarine.