Large junkyard fire near West Broadway and 43rd Avenue, Phoenix AZ
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, a large junkyard fire apparently occurred near West Broadway Road and South 43rd Avenue in Phoenix, with heavy smoke visible. Fire department personnel observed the fire, which was near street level and about half a mile south of a workplace location. Traffic and precise impact details remain unclear.
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01:34
Transcript:
00:00
There was a big junkyard fire over in West Phoenix on Broadway somewhere.
00:06
How close to your work was that?
00:12
That yesterday?
00:15
On the local news yesterday, correct.
00:22
We went,
00:23
Our department went for Christmas dinner, and we saw it.
00:29
It looked like it was out to the street to me.
00:36
It was about a half mile south of us,
00:39
straight south of us on 43rd Avenue.
00:42
You know, so it was closer to southern than Broadway.
00:48
Roger. Okay, so your work is at 43rd Broadway.
00:51
Yeah, I thought it was 40,
00:53
they said 43rd, 40-something in Broadway couldn't remember exact.
00:58
So, very good, just was wondering how close I thought of your work and we're hoping that you were home from work in case the traffic was really messed up in that area.
01:15
It wasn't bad where we were at, you know, it's down further.
01:20
But there was a lot of smoke coming out of there.
01:23
But we went in back into workshop and so to see, you know, what the outcome was.
01:31
But yeah,
01:33
smoking pretty good.
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Location mentioned:
W Broadway Rd & S 43rd Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85041
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