Out of New Jersey comes word of a dangerous fire at a Passaic chemical plant:
Firefighters battled a massive, 11-alarm fire Friday night at a chlorine manufacturing plant in New Jersey that could be seen from miles away and led to warnings about air quality in the region.
One firefighter was injured by debris and transported to hospital, Fire Chief Patrick Trentacost Sr. said during a Facebook live briefing held by the Passaic Mayor Hector Carlos Lora.
Authorities said there were multiple structures on fire at the Qualco Chlorine building, a pool chlorine manufacturing company. The facility has a combined 100,000 square feet of production space, the mayor said.
Footage of the fire showed a towering out-of-control inferno:
