Rhode Island

Junkyard Catches Fire in Smithfield, RI

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Fire officials are working to extinguish a blaze that's erupted at a junkyard in Smithfield, Rhode Island.

Smithfield's Emergency Management Agency reported at 9:41 p.m. Tuesday that vehicles in a junkyard around 1300 Douglas Pike had caught fire.

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Douglas Pike was closed from Providence Pike to the North Smithfield town line.

Officials were asking everyone to avoid the area while the fire remains uncontained.

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