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Massive fire with explosions sends huge black smoke plume over Fresno

A massive fire with explosions sent a huge plume of black smoke across Fresno on Monday morning.

The fire erupted at a property at McKinley and Valentine avenues containing many cars and motorcycles.

UPDATE: One person in custody

Cal Fire reported around 11:30 a.m. that crews were “making progress.”

“The property has a large accumulation of inoperable vehicle and trailers involved making containment challenging. Fire crews making progress.”

The California Highway Patrol and North Central Fire District were also on the scene.

This story will be updated.

This story was originally published July 12, 2021 at 10:02 AM.

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Jim Guy
The Fresno Bee
A native of Colorado, Jim Guy studied political science, Latin American politics and Spanish literature at Fresno State University, and advanced Spanish grammar in Cuernavaca, Mexico.
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