Smokes billows into the air above Santiago, Chile, Saturday as flames spread through a plastics plant. - Screencapture Via Cuerpo de Bomberos de Santiago

Smokes billows into the air above Santiago, Chile, Saturday as flames spread through a plastics plant.

Screencapture Via Cuerpo de Bomberos de Santiago

A massive fire broke out at noon Saturday in a plastics factory in Santiago, Chile.

Firefighters with Cuerpo de Bomberos de Santiago and other fire companies were forced to exercise caution due to the threatened collapse of a 10-meter-tall brick wall at the plant.

Preliminary information posted to Twitter by the 15 responding fire companies state that the building is storage facility packed with items such as backpacks, bags and hats.

Responders were able to contain the fire to the factory complex, saving other nearby homes and businesses.

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