Crews respond to fire near recycling plant in Sacramento County
WE ARE STAYING ON TOP OF THIS BREAKING NEWS IN SACRAMENTO COUNTY. THIS FIRE PUTTING UP A LOT OF THICK SMOKE. WE NOW KNOW IT’S NEAR AN AUTO SALVAGE YARD AND AN AUTO REPAIR SO LET’S GO TO KCRA 3’S ANAHITA JAFARY WHO WAS ABLE TO GET THERE TO THE SCENE. TRYING TO WORK TO PUT THIS THING OUT ON TO. YEAH, THERE’S A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT HERE AND THIS IS FITZGERALD AND RECYCLE. THE ROAD IS CLOSED OFF AND YOU CAN JUST SEE THIS MASSIVE PLUME OF SMOKE IN THE AIR BEHIND ME. WE’VE BEEN TALKING TO SOME OF THE CROWDS OF PEOPLE OUT HERE, EVERYONE JUST WATCHING AS IT GROWS LARGER AND LARGER. YOU CAN SEE THE BLACK SMOKE RISING ABOVE THE TREES AT CERTAIN POINTS, EVEN COVERING THE SUN. AND IT LOOKS ALMOST APOCALYPTIC, IS WHAT I’M HEARING FROM SOME OF THE PEOPLE OUT HERE. YOU MENTIONED THAT IT IS A CAR YARD. THERE’S A LOT OF DIFFERENT BUILDINGS WITH CARS IN THEIR LOTS RIGHT HERE. WE ALSO SEE FIREFIGHTERS HARD AT WORK TRYING TO PUT THIS FIRE OUT, OR AT LEAST CONTAIN IT. DOING AS BIG OF AN EFFORT AS POSSIBLE. YOU CAN SEE ALL THE WATER SPRAYING OUT ON WHERE IT SEEMS TO HAVE STARTED OVER THERE. AS I SAID, THIS ROAD IS CLOSED OFF. THERE ARE JUST SO MANY PEOPLE HERE WATCHING, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT ALL STARTED IT. I ACTUALLY JUST TALKED TO A COUPLE PEOPLE AND I WANTED TO GO OVER TO THEM. DO YOU GUYS MIND IF I JUST ASK YOU A QUICK QUESTION? YOU SAID YOU WERE IN THE AREA. TELL US WHAT YOU SAW. YEAH, WE WERE AT COSTCO AND WE WALKED OUT AND WE TURNED AROUND AND JUST SAW BIG CLOUDS OF SMOKE, AND WE WERE LIKE, OH MY GOD. BECAUSE IT WASN’T THERE WHEN WE WENT IN. I CAN’T EVEN IMAGINE. WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST REACTION WITH WHAT WAS GOING ON. LIKE, LIKE SHE SAID, WE JUST TURNED AROUND AND IT WAS LIKE INSANE. AND IT JUST KEPT GETTING BIGGER. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU GUYS FOR TALKING TO ME. YOU CAN HEAR THE SAME THING FROM EVERYONE JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE IT WAS COMING FROM. NOW WE KNOW. AND THE PLUME OF SMOKE JUST GROWING BIGGER AND BIGGER AS THESE FIREFIGHTERS REALLY WORK TO TAKE CONTROL OF IT. WE CAN HEAR OVERHEAD, THERE’S SOME TYPE OF AIR ATTACK UP HERE TRYING TO ALSO HELP CONTAIN THE FIRE, AND WE’LL STAY OUT HERE AND KEEP THIS ON YOUR RADAR. AS FAR AS WE KNOW RIGHT NOW, WE HAVEN’T SEEN ANY AMBULANCES IN THE AREA. WE HAVEN’T BEEN ABLE TO TALK TO OFFICIALS RIGHT NOW. SO WE’LL WORK TO GET THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU. SENDING IT BACK TO YOU GUYS IN THE STUDIO. ANAHITA. THANKS. AND YOU LOOK AT THE COLOR OF THE SMOKE AND WHAT’S ON FIRE OUT THERE. AND YOU HAVE TO ASSUME THERE’S A LOT
Crews respond to fire near recycling plant in Sacramento County
Updated: 8:03 PM PDT Jul 3, 2026
Crews have responded to a large fire near a recycling plant in Sacramento County on Friday.KCRA 3’s Anahita Jafary is at Recycle and Fitzgerald roads, where officials have blocked off the roadway. A KCRA 3 sky camera facing Rancho Cordova captured a large plume of smoke around 6:30 p.m. The Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District said it is a combined commercial and grass fire that has burned 50 to 100 cars. This is a developing story.
Crews have responded to a large fire near a recycling plant in Sacramento County on Friday.
KCRA 3’s Anahita Jafary is at Recycle and Fitzgerald roads, where officials have blocked off the roadway.
A KCRA 3 sky camera facing Rancho Cordova captured a large plume of smoke around 6:30 p.m.
The Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District said it is a combined commercial and grass fire that has burned 50 to 100 cars.
This is a developing story.