Using fire protection and detection systems designed for caustic environments will prevent recycling facility fires and douse them quickly once they start.
Facility slated to close by the end of the year.
The yard owner Northern Metals has been sharply criticized by state's governor.
Firefighters plan to cut a fire break through the crushed vehicles.
The same plant burned nearly 40 hours during a 2016 emergency.
Ladder truck delivers decisive volume of water to the blaze.
More than 30 fire units responded to the two-alarm blaze.
More than 600 tons of refuse burned in the Jan. 3 fire.
Smoldering bales of recycled paper make it difficult to reach fire source.
Fire broke out Tuesday afternoon at a Connecticut plant specializing in recycling soil contaminated with non-hazardous materials. The plant was not operating at the fire.
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