Firefighters used about 400,000 gallons of water to douse a blaze at a Portland recycling center.
The fire broke out about 7 p.m. Tuesday at Radius Recycling on Riverside Street, according to Sean Donaghue, a spokesperson for the Portland Fire Department.
When firefighters arrived, they found a blaze burning in an 80-by-80-foot metal pile, Donaghue said Wednesday afternoon.
Crews contained the fire to the pile and a nearby stand of woods, preventing it from reaching any structures. Smoke from the blaze could be seen from far away.
It took about 400,000 gallons of water to contain and extinguish the fire, which was cleared around 10:30 p.m.
The Maine Department of Environmental Protection assisted with containing runoff.
No one was injured.
The fire remains under investigation.
