DISASTER WAS AVERTED LATE LAST EVENING AS CREWS QUICKLY EXTINGUISHED A FIRE AT A SALVAGE YARD THAT COULD HAVE ERUPTED INTO A MAJOR EVENT. 

MULTIPLE CREWS FROM CENTRAL ARIZONA FIRE AND MEDICAL AND TRUCK 72 FROM PRESCOTT FIRE RESPONDED TO A REPORT OF A VEHICLE FIRE AT U-PICK-IT IN PRESCOTT VALLEY.

FIRST-ARRIVING ENGINES DISCOVERED A RECYCLING MACHINE FULLY ENGULFED IN FLAMES AND FIRE BEGINNING TO SPREAD TO A SIZABLE DEBRIS PILE. FIREFIGHTERS QUICKLY CONTAINED THE FIRE, PREVENTING IT FROM SPREADING TO OTHER AREAS OF THE FACILITY. 

CREWS REMAINED ON SCENE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT AND INTO THIS MORNING TO ENSURE COMPLETE EXTINGUISHMENT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR DAMAGE TO EQUIPMENT. A RECENT FIRE AT THE SAME LOCATION BURNED FOR A NUMBER OF DAYS BEFORE THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED.

CAFMA DEPLOYED BATTALION 3, THE CREWS OF ENGINES 50, 53, 58, 59, TRUCK 50, UTILITY 53, AND PRESCOTT FIRE TRUCK 72. THE PRESCOTT VALLEY POLICE DEPARTMENT ASSISTANCED WITH TRAFFIC CONTROL.