Large Smoke Plume Spreads Above Detroit River From Windsor Fire

**buzzman0077** · May-21-13, 03:14 PM

Anybody got any idea. Filling most of the horizon with smoke.

**Lowell** · May-21-13, 03:15 PM

Does anyone know what this is / was? I could not see the origin.

**downtownguy** · May-21-13, 03:21 PM

From the Windsor Star:

May 21, 2013 - 3:43 PM EDT
Last Updated: May 21, 2013 - 4:14 PM EDT

Windsor firefighters are on the scene of a working fire in the 700 block of Sprucewood Avenue.

The area is largely industrial.

The Star is en route.

Friend sent me this pic driving along Jefferson.

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**raptor56** · May-21-13, 03:33 PM

Plastic Recycling plant fire on the West end of Windsor:

http://windsor.ctvnews.ca/dark-smoke...enue-1.1290726

I can only imagine how awesome the smell is....

**raptor56** · May-21-13, 03:36 PM

**WaCoTS** · May-21-13, 03:41 PM

I saw it while mowing at Fort Wayne...its almost straight across the river from me. i was surprised to see that it was not in fact emanating from the surrounding neighborhood as usual

been going for at least half an hour or more, and still going. if its plastic, it will probably be going for quite a while longer.

**mtburb** · May-21-13, 03:57 PM

I saw unusually dark smoke to the northeast just a short walk from my home down in Wyandotte, someone thought that this came from a fire at the nearby BASF plant or Fighting Island, but could this be from the Windsor fire too?

**scottn55** · May-21-13, 04:55 PM

The second day in a row that I left work in Warren to see a massive plume of smoke over the City as I headed south. Anybody heard anything more about the Highland Park fire yesterday? The News just had a couple of sentences about a "warehouse fire" but didn't give any specifics.

**Honky Tonk** · May-21-13, 05:07 PM

Live Coverage From Channel Z, Honky Tonk News: Attachment 20100 Attachment 20099

**Jimaz** · May-21-13, 05:34 PM

Imagine the irony if it were a pet coke fire.

**Ray1936** · May-21-13, 05:34 PM

Thanks for the photos, gang. Appreciated!

**Whitehouse** · May-21-13, 05:39 PM

http://detroit.jalopnik.com/there-is...-now-509130254

**Honky Tonk** · May-21-13, 05:40 PM

Originally Posted by raptor56

Plastic Recycling plant fire on the West end of Windsor:

http://windsor.ctvnews.ca/dark-smoke...enue-1.1290726

I can only imagine how awesome the smell is....

It smelled like a cesspool!

**subsidized** · May-21-13, 06:17 PM

**RickBeall** · May-21-13, 07:15 PM

Wow! I saw the smoke from Harper Hospital.

**drpoundsign** · May-21-13, 08:17 PM

Originally Posted by RickBeall

Wow! I saw the smoke from Harper Hospital.

"Burn Baby Burn..The Canadian Fire this time!"

**Downriviera** · May-21-13, 08:52 PM

Windsor paying us back for the HUM.

**raptor56** · May-21-13, 10:20 PM

Found this picture linked from a Windsor Star news article. From the Compuware building this smoke looked like it was right across the river, behind 150 W Jefferson. Didn't realize it was so far away. Pic is from Ren Cen.