Fire at Recycling Center

INCIDENT DATE/TIME: 1153pm 8-25-25
LOCATION: 2015 Quitman St
AREA/CITY:  Houston
DETAILS:

HFD responded to reports of a commercial fire
As units were en route, HPD NE officers saw a fire and small explosion
HFD arrived to find a metal pile on fire next to 4 massive tanks (later determined to be water tanks)
the metal was reacting to the water, which indicated the presence of magnesium
It took firefighters about 2 hours to get the bulk of the fire under control
Once HFD and Recycling employees were able to spread out the metal on fire, and deploy dry chemicals, the fire was able to be brought under a safe level
Per D19, The facility has requested additional dry chem to deploy on the remnants of the fire, and will be turning it over to one of their contractors
All info confirmed off camera with District Chief 19, who was incident commander, and declined to come on camera
HFD deployed one of their new Kite system to monitor the fire using thermal and standard cameras.

HANDLING AGENCIES:  HFD

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