Schnitzer Steel operates the recycling facility at the Port of Oakland where several fires have broken out including a giant pile of scrap metal Wednesday that sent a plume of smoke into the air for hours. It prompted an air quality advisory and renewed calls for the company to clean up its act.
As crews continued to battle a blaze at Schnitzer Steel in West Oakland on Wednesday night, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District warned that heavy smoke from the fire could impact several East Bay cities and possibly even reach San Jose.