Windsor Industrial Fire Visible Downriver

Downriver residents reported seeing smoke from across the Detroit River Tuesday evening.

Posted Tue, May 21, 2013 at 9:44 pm ET|Updated Wed, May 22, 2013 at 11:15 am ET

Smoke from a large industrial fire in Canada was visible Tuesday evening in the Downriver area.

Windsor firefighters responded to the blaze at a plastics recycling facility in the 700 block of Sprucewood Avenue, according to The Windsor Star.

City of Detroit Office Homeland Security & Emergency Management told the Detroit Free Press the fire is from burning plastic in an open field.

Several people in the Downriver area commented on Wyandotte Patch's Facebook page Tuesday.

"The smoke is floating past my office window here in Dearborn," Betty Murphy said.

William Pope also chimed in, saying: "I can see it clearly from Trenton! It's massive."

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