Fire at recycling plant with train nearby in Durham, Durham NC

Fire & Arson

Reported: 11/19/2025 10:05 PM

E Lawson St, Durham, NC

Firefighters in Durham responded to a large fire at or near a recycling plant. They coordinated ladder and tanker support and safety measures as a train approached the area.

Audio|Source: Durham City Fire

03:47

Transcript:

00:00

A ladder tool, where two come up and pull through the right of ladder, inch of three.

00:10

With a large multi-story dormitory.

00:13

Nothing evident from the front will be out on Lawson Street, that'll be the Alpha Side.

00:18

I'm about to step out and talk with PD.

00:20

We'll clear you up shortly.

00:27

In the water.

00:34

Providing a thoughtful arm from 50p.

00:46

Lerner, 3 from Italian 4.

00:49

Go ahead.

00:52

All right, I'm going to say that your truck is sitting up on the east side of the pile.

00:57

The only thing I'm really concerned about it, there's an 18-wheeler on the trolley side of that pile.

01:04

Probably that we saw it on the way in.

01:12

Go ahead. Go ahead.

01:19

Hey Chief, I went to their website and I have a phone number from the website if you want that.

01:27

Yeah, we'll go ahead with.

01:30

We got (number withheld).

01:36

All units hold your traffic.

01:38

All units be advised.

01:40

You do hear a train, honey.

01:42

Attorney is approaching.

01:43

All units are crew tracks.

01:51

Light of three keep flowing until the train does hit the water.

01:55

Communications, go ahead and give me a tanker task force.

01:59

Simple.

02:04

Captain Knight.

02:18

About for mention two.

02:25

We saw it make contact with anybody.

02:27

There's no lot of alarms going on.

02:30

You can, you want to clear a line on.

02:37

Fire clock, copy.

02:43

Bobby is shut down.

02:49

Yeah, well, you're standby.

02:59

Command from Inger 4th.

03:03

Go ahead.

03:07

This train comes through, if we need to, we can briefly shut the hydrant down, relocate ladder to, to see where you're at.

03:18

Yo, yo. Hey, well.

03:27

Hey, well, you finished telling me that's my time for you.

03:31

Hey,

03:34

will you finish telling me that number?

03:38

(number withheld)

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