Firefighters worked with Alter employees to move cars so they could extinguish hotspots.
Fire officials say the blaze was a prairie fire that spread to the nearby paper recycling plant due to wind.
A huge fire that broke out at a recycling waste industrial estate on March 6 in North London is under investigation, reports North London News.
Flames fed by aluminum foil discarded in the waste disposal unit.
Same company reported several explosions in May.
Heavy equipment used to break apart bales of paper.
Crash trucks called in from nearby Air Force base.
Officials issue a shelter-in-place order for the community.
Heavy equipment used to separate the burning material on site.
Explosion preceded the massive fire.
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