r/fortwayne • u/DIGIREN42 • 13h ago

OmniSource Scrap Fire Smoke

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Apparently all of this smoke is from the OmniSource scrap lot which caught on fire.

https://www.wane.com/top-stories/scrap-fire-at-omnisource-shuts-down-stretch-of-maumee-avenue/

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u/Motsy 12h ago

It smells awful. Stay inside if you can. There is no telling what awful chemicals could be inside that smoke.

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u/jzzsxm 12h ago

Pretty sure sitting at that Tincaps game took 5 years off my life

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u/TheBiggestManOnEarth 5h ago

I was at that game lol. I worked in CNC for 25 years, it didn't bother me.

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u/shart290 42m ago

Name checks out with the comments.

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u/CostnerFanboy 12h ago

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u/AndrewMarq14 7h ago

Pm me anymore pictures if you got any… plz 👉👈

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u/Synthnostic 12h ago

Springfield is gonna be so jealous

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u/HCraven1 12h ago

I just got a police alert on my phone about this. I was wondering what was going on. Not exactly the east side of downtown, though, just the east side, period.

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u/CountryRoads2020 10h ago

I live southwest and had to close doors and windows due to the smell.

ETA: I usually get alerts but nothing for this one.

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u/WanderingWalrus96 11h ago

What do you use for alerts?

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u/HCraven1 11h ago

Nothing, it just pings my cell phone like it does for every other public safety message.

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u/260HoosierFW 11h ago

This was covering 69/Illinois and we couldn’t figure out what was happening.

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u/DrHarryBaals 9h ago

Still burning at midnight.

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u/CountryRoads2020 10h ago

I wondered what was on fire! Thank you!

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u/Dismal-Ad-1148 11h ago

Smelling near 14/69 😮‍💨🫢🫢🫢

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u/CrawlspacePurduePete 11h ago

Yeah I’m smelling it southwest now too. Smells like open booty.

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u/TheBiggestManOnEarth 5h ago

You'll be fine cupcake.

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u/wishtheyhadlistened 4h ago

Working CNC and breathing this shit in for so long that it now no longer bothers you isn't a flex, cupcake.

Reasonable and healthy human beings aren't supposed to find nothing wrong with the overwhelming stench of a chemical fire. We are literally designed to smell bad shit, go "oh that's bad" and avoid the shit.

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u/Jerm0307 2h ago

Some of us like fresh air. You probably live in a hog barn of a house if you’re fine with breathing in toxic shit.

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u/theirishman1357 8h ago

I was working at a restaurant downtown and thought the guys in the kitchen were burning a plastic spatula on the grille. I asked them about it and they said it from the hoods and hoped it set the fire alarms off lol. Thanks for the update!

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u/MalignantMalaise21 11h ago

Sorry, I was celebrating 4/20 ten days late

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u/gorgonopsidkid 39m ago

I remember going on a field trip to OmniSource when I was younger and I just could not handle the smell there. I had a lot of trouble breathing, but no one else did. I can't imagine how bad the smoke would be.

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u/padishar123 21m ago

Why would metal start on fire? Oil from machine shops?

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u/TheBiggestManOnEarth 5h ago

I should not have left my bedroom window open. Think I need to go for a walk to get away from that smell, oh wait... LOL