Update: Police say one person has been found dead after Tuesday's fire at the waste management plant in Elizabeth, New Jersey.
The Elizabeth Fire Department said around 10:30 p.m. that they predict the fire will last throughout the night, but it was currently under control.
Thick black smoke billowed into the sky, spreading to nearby homes and Newark Airport as planes were in the air.As CBS2's Dick Brennan reports, some nine hours after it started, firefighters continued to pour water on the flames that tore through the waste management commercial building in Elizabeth."It was crazy. It was like pops, a lot of pops, there was a big trailer on fire," witness Crystal Gonzalez said.
Firefighters told CBS2 the flames and thick black smoke were so intense that they would often have to back off, even if they were wearing an oxygen mask."Burning, burning. It's like they put pepper spray in your eyes," witness Victor Santos said.Oge Okomkwo met the flames up close. "I work from home, so it was a little terrifying because I was on my work station and at first it sounded like a strong wind, and then my dog is obviously antsy, so look through the window, and it's like, flames and fumes," she said."I was sleeping, then all the smoke come up, and we started just out of the house, running like crazy," witness Jorge Rodrigeuz said."It just smells like smoke," she said.
"When you're looking up at this, what goes through your head when you look at this?" Brennan asked one witness.Crews will not be able to enter the building for at least another day since it is partially collapsed.
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