Industrial fire burns for hours at oil recycling company in Detroit
An industrial fire was discovered about 2:30 a.m. Monday at Aevitas Specialty Services in Detroit, with black smoke billowing for hours into the morning.
While the fire is now under control, Detroit Fire Department crews remained on scene at 11:40 a.m.
The fire was reported by two employees on site at the Lycaste Street facility, one of whom noticed something unusual and asked the other to assist him with checking on the situation. After realizing they could not get it under control, they got out and called 911. Flames and heavy smoke were visible by the time firefighters arrived.
The only injury reported early in the response was to one of the firefighters who was called to the scene, that person was reported to be in stable condition with a non life-threatening injury.
The cause is under investigation by Detroit Fire Investigations Division.
The company handles oil recycling services.
