Source: Channel 7 San Diego<\/a>A fast-moving fire ripped through a factory in Tijuana, Mexico, near a major border crossing Thursday afternoon, sending thick smoke into the air visible from the San Diego side of the border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Crews with the Tijuana Fire Department, also known as the Direccion de Bomberos Tijuana, rushed to the B&B Plastics factory at around 11:30 a.m. to investigates reports of a fire burning at the business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The factory is located on Calle 12 Norte in CD Industrial area, less than a mile away from the Otay Mesa Port of Entry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Plumes of thick, black smoke quickly filled the air around the factory. San Diegans reported seeing the smoke from the United States side of the border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An NBC 7 viewer in the Eastlake area snapped a photo of the smoke, taken more than a dozen miles away from the site of the fire.
<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe smoke was also captured by SDG&E cameras and UC San Diego’s cameras overlooking areas such as Otay Mountain West.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a message posted to Twitter just after 12 p.m., Cal Fire San Diego confirmed the blaze was not a threat to the U.S.-Mexico border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
.@CALFIRESANDIEGO is aware of a large column of dark smoke in the area of the international border. There is a structure fire in Mexico and is not a threat to the border. pic.twitter.com\/qqCEZbGItD\n\u2014 CAL FIRE\/San Diego County Fire (@CALFIRESANDIEGO) January 3, 2019<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\nBy 2:10 p.m., the fire had been knocked out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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