Employees assist firefighters in putting out scrapyard fire on Steele Street

ROCHESTER, N.Y. The Rochester Fire Department responded to 80 Steele St. on Sunday morning for numerous calls of a scrapyard fire. The RFD arrived to find a fire in a large pile of scrap metal in the recycling yard.

It took firefighters about 30 minutes to get the fire under control. Employees of the scrapyard helped by using heavy equipment to separate the scrap pile.

There were no civilian or firefighter injuries reported. At this time, the cause of the fire is still under investigation.