developing news tonight that we're following here in Oakland. Crews working to extinguish a fire at a steel recycling plant near the port of Oakland. The fire broke out at the steel recycling yard on Embarcadero, west. We're going to take a look now at some new video showing the large plumes of smoke just filling the air. We can even smell the smoke right here inside of our studio at Jack London Square. And the Bay Area Air Quality Management District has also issued an air advisory. Amberleigh joins us now live tonight in Oakland. Amber, boy, a long night ahead for firefighters. That's right, Heather, we're right here at the port of Oakland. Boy, you can really see and smell the smoke. It's very strong right now. We want to show you a live picture of, well, it looks like out here, firefighters are working to fully contain this fire at Schnitzer Steel, a recycler yard. They received assistance from San Francisco Fire and Alameda fire departments with their fire boats. At one point, plumes of smoke billowed out in the air. And you can see it for miles. Oakland's interim fire chief, Damon Covington describes this fire as being stuck in. We weren't able because of the size of the pile, we weren't able to pull it apart and really get to the scene of the fire. So Schnitzer Steel has used their cranes to pull the debris pile apart. But until we can get all the way into the pile to put all the fire out, we're going to be out here for a while. The fire is contained. There's no chance of it spreading anywhere. Right now. We're just trying to get all the fire out of the to the all the way to the bottom of the pile and get all the fire out. The EPA is here. They've done some some air monitoring as well as our hazmat team, all air quality is within normal limits right now. And the as it is, a large plume of smoke, but it's dissipating as it leaves the yard. Covington says the EPA is here monitoring the air quality and says it did not reach a hazardous level. But he cautions people in the area to keep their doors and windows closed. Fire crews to hope to have full containment before midnight. And the fire chief is saying that the firefighters will remain on the scene throughout the night to monitor this scene. Heather hoping to avoid any sort of hotspots and flare ups later on this evening. Amber Lee, thank you. Well, this is the late at least the third fire at the steel since 2018. The last one, you may remember, was back in 2020. In June, it was a very similar scene to what we saw today. Now, back in 2021, the metal recycling facility reached a $4.1 million settlement with the state for illegally releasing hazardous waste and harmful emissions into the West Oakland community. As part of that
