Watch: Grand Prairie firefighters battle massive industrial blaze
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Fire crews were battling a massive blaze in an industrial area of Grand Prairie early Wednesday.
The city’s fire department confirmed to KXAS-TV (NBC5) that the fire was in the 2000 block of West Marshall Drive, near the Bush Turnpike. The exact location was unclear.
Video from the scene showed a huge plume of black smoke billowing into the night sky, and flames could be seen near electrical transmission towers.
No further information about the blaze was immediately available.
Among the businesses in the area is Poly-America, a company that produces trash bags and other plastic products and says that it is “the most technologically advanced and largest recycler and compounder of polyethylene in the world.”
1/13Fire crews battle a massive blaze in an industrial area of Grand Prairie, Texas, in the early morning hours of Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020. The fire is in the 2000 block of West Marshall Drive, near the Bush Turnpike. Among the businesses in the area is Poly-America, a company that produces trash bags and other plastic products. (Smiley N. Pool/The Dallas Morning News)(Smiley N. Pool / Staff Photographer)
2/13A Grand Prairie ambulance speeds along SW 14th Street near a massive fire at Poly-America on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020, in Grand Prairie, Texas. (Smiley N. Pool/The Dallas Morning News)(Smiley N. Pool / Staff Photographer)
3/13Massive fire at Poly-America on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020, in Grand Prairie, Texas. (Smiley N. Pool/The Dallas Morning News)(Smiley N. Pool / Staff Photographer)
4/13Massive fire at Poly-America on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020, in Grand Prairie, Texas. (Smiley N. Pool/The Dallas Morning News)(Smiley N. Pool / Staff Photographer)
5/13Massive fire at Poly-America on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020, in Grand Prairie, Texas. (Smiley N. Pool/The Dallas Morning News)(Smiley N. Pool / Staff Photographer)
6/13Massive fire at Poly-America on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020, in Grand Prairie, Texas. (Smiley N. Pool/The Dallas Morning News)(Smiley N. Pool / Staff Photographer)
7/13Fire crews battle a massive blaze in an industrial area of Grand Prairie, Texas, in the early morning hours of Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020. The fire is in the 2000 block of West Marshall Drive, near the Bush Turnpike. Among the businesses in the area is Poly-America, a company that produces trash bags and other plastic products. (Smiley N. Pool/The Dallas Morning News)(Smiley N. Pool / Staff Photographer)
8/13Fire crews battle a massive blaze in an industrial area of Grand Prairie, Texas, in the early morning hours of Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020. The fire is in the 2000 block of West Marshall Drive, near the Bush Turnpike. Among the businesses in the area is Poly-America, a company that produces trash bags and other plastic products. (Smiley N. Pool/The Dallas Morning News)(Smiley N. Pool / Staff Photographer)
9/13Fire crews battle a massive blaze in an industrial area of Grand Prairie, Texas, in the early morning hours of Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020. The fire is in the 2000 block of West Marshall Drive, near the Bush Turnpike. Among the businesses in the area is Poly-America, a company that produces trash bags and other plastic products. (Smiley N. Pool/The Dallas Morning News)(Smiley N. Pool / Staff Photographer)
10/13People watch from Tyre Park as fire crews battle a massive blaze in an industrial area of Grand Prairie, Texas, in the early morning hours of Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020. The fire is in the 2000 block of West Marshall Drive, near the Bush Turnpike. Among the businesses in the area is Poly-America, a company that produces trash bags and other plastic products. (Smiley N. Pool/The Dallas Morning News)(Smiley N. Pool / Staff Photographer)
11/13Fire crews battle a massive blaze in an industrial area of Grand Prairie, Texas, in the early morning hours of Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020. The fire is in the 2000 block of West Marshall Drive, near the Bush Turnpike. Among the businesses in the area is Poly-America, a company that produces trash bags and other plastic products. (Smiley N. Pool/The Dallas Morning News)(Smiley N. Pool / Staff Photographer)
12/13Fire crews battle a massive blaze in an industrial area of Grand Prairie, Texas, in the early morning hours of Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020. The fire is in the 2000 block of West Marshall Drive, near the Bush Turnpike. Among the businesses in the area is Poly-America, a company that produces trash bags and other plastic products. (Smiley N. Pool/The Dallas Morning News)(Smiley N. Pool / Staff Photographer)
13/13Fire crews battle a massive blaze in an industrial area of Grand Prairie, Texas, in the early morning hours of Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020. The fire is in the 2000 block of West Marshall Drive, near the Bush Turnpike. Among the businesses in the area is Poly-America, a company that produces trash bags and other plastic products. (Smiley N. Pool/The Dallas Morning News)(Smiley N. Pool / Staff Photographer)