A significant fire engulfed a scrapyard in Modesto, California, on Sunday, destroying around 100 cars and coming dangerously close to mobile homes and businesses.
The blaze began early Sunday morning at a scrapyard located on the 500 block of Crows Landing Road. Firefighters were dispatched to the scene at 3:38 a.m. and arrived to find stacked vehicles engulfed in flames.
Fire crews worked diligently to contain the inferno, successfully preventing the fire from spreading to adjacent mobile homes and businesses. The fire was extinguished within 80 minutes of the initial response.
No injuries were reported in connection with the incident. The cause of the fire is currently under investigation.
Smoke from the blaze was visible for miles around the city.