BREAKING: Fire crews fighting massive blaze at recycling center in Avondale [VIDEO & PHOTOS]

Birmingham Recycling and Recovery Fire, May 4, 2023 (Sam Modder)

Fire crews are on the scene tonight of a large fire in Avondale.

According to Birmingham Fire and Rescue and Birmingham Police,  the building and complex on fire is Birmingham Recycling and Recovery on 41st Street South.

Sam Modder with Family Pet Cremation, a business that is a couple of blocks from the recycling center, provided Bham Now with a video and photos of the fire, which were taken at 9:43PM.

Birmingham Recycling and Recovery Fire, May 4, 2023 (Sam Modder)

Birmingham Recycling and Recovery Fire – photo taken at 10:20PM (Pat Byington/Bham Now)

Birmingham Recycling and Recovery is the largest recycling center in the Birmingham metro area of household recyclables.

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Pat Byington

Longtime conservationist. Former Executive Director at the Alabama Environmental Council and Wild South. Publisher of the Bama Environmental News for more than 18 years. Career highlights include playing an active role in the creation of Alabama's Forever Wild program, Little River Canyon National Preserve, Dugger Mountain Wilderness, preservation of special places throughout the East through the Wilderness Society and the strengthening (making more stringent) the state of Alabama's cancer risk and mercury standards.