Brush fire at wood recycling yard closes expressway, light rail, schools in Baltimore

Firefighters are battling a massive brush fire at a Baltimore wood recycling yard.

that closed a section of the expressway into the city’s downtown, the neighboring light rail line, and nearby roads and schools.

The Baltimore City Department of Recreation and Parks maintains Camp Small as a wood waste collection yard. Wallace said BCFD doesn't yet have a cause for the start of the fire, as the scale of the blaze has made it more difficult to investigate. I-83 was shut down in both directions in the area of the fire on Thursday night into Friday morning. The Jones Falls Expressway was also shut down but is now reopened in both directions.Wallace noted that BCFD is attempting to protect the light rail tracks in the area, but the fire has spread close enough to the tracks to cause concern. MTA suspended light rail service between Falls Road and North Avenue as the fire continues. Shuttle bus service is available between these stations.

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