Flames raced through rows of vehicles at a Rancho Cordova salvage yard Friday evening, engulfing between 50 and 100 vehicles before more than 70 firefighters contained the blaze and kept it from spreading to neighboring businesses.
The fire was reported about 5:45 p.m. at Truck Time Auto Wrecking in the 3400 block of Recycle Road near Sunrise Boulevard and Douglas Road. Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District crews arrived to find the salvage yard and multiple vehicles inside engulfed.
Metro Fire spokesperson Capt. Mark Nunez said the fire appeared to have started somewhere in the middle of the property before spreading through rows of stacked vehicles. The blaze remained confined to the wrecking yard property, despite briefly jumping a fence and igniting vegetation to the west. The grass fire was quickly contained at about 2 acres, he said…