Firefighters respond to another junkyard fire in Philly, this time in Wissinoming

About 120 members of the Philadelphia Fire Department pumped water into another junkyard fire Wednesday — the second of its kind in less than a week.

This time the blaze was near Torresdale Avenue and Fraley Street in the Wissinoming section of the city, said the department, which announced it had the fire under control shortly before 5 p.m. The cause of the fire was not immediately known and no injuries were reported, according to a department spokesperson.

Aerial footage from local television stations showed long, dark streams of smoke visible along I-95 from the three-alarm blaze.

The Philadelphia Department of Public Health said its on-site inspectors found no hazardous substances in the samples they took to examine the air quality.

Still, the department issued the requisite warning when such a fire breaks out, advising residents in the area to avoid unnecessary exposure to smoke by going outdoors. The department recommends residents shut windows and doors to avoid inviting pollution into the home.

The department said it would continue monitoring the air quality in the area.

Some people took to the internet to air out frustrations and find the comedy in the frequency at which junkyards break out in fires.

A relatively new Twitter account, counting down the days since the previous junkyard fire, reset its count to zero, making note of the last junkyard fire that took place Friday.

“Wow, Philly junkyard fire season is really starting off with a bang this year,” wrote another Twitter user in response to an automated text reminding people to stay indoors.

On Friday, a two-alarm fire broke out in a junkyard at 61st Street and Passyunk Avenue in Southwest Philadelphia. The cause of that fire was not immediately known.

Though a junkyard blaze doesn’t automatically mean the operator was flouting fire code regulations, the Department of Licenses and Inspections is aware these businesses can become nuisances and pose a danger to residents if they don’t follow the rules when storing combustible materials. Last month, L&I revived its scrapyard inspection program in an effort to get businesses to comply with fire and zoning regulations if they weren’t already doing so.