Dark smoke could be seen for miles rising above Philadelphia as a three-alarm junkyard fire took place at Titan Auto Recycling at North 3rd St. and Sedgley Ave. around 5:30 p.m. One hundred and twenty members of the Philadelphia Fire Department are responding to the scene.
A three-alarm fire at Titan Auto Recycling in North Philadelphia caused an air quality emergency on Tuesday. Tests show particulate matter levels spiked but have since returned to normal. Residents are safe to resume their normal activities, city health officials said on Wednesday afternoon. The cause of the fire is being investigated.