‘You could smell burning rubber’: Lithium battery suspected as cause in Metalico fire

DEWITT, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — David Sokolic woke up to the sounds of sirens Sunday, Sept. 28. He lives a few minutes away from the Metalico metal recycling facility in DeWitt.

“I put the scanner on, and I heard it was down there. Then I came outside around 7:30, 8 o’clock, and you could see smoke all up in here,” Sokolic said. “Then after a little while you could smell burning rubber.”

Sokolic remembers the fire that happened at Metalico 12 years ago. He said the one that occurred Sunday morning lasted longer…

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