PHOTOS: What's all that black smoke on the east end of Prescott Valley? It is a large pile of vehicles burning in the U-Pick-It yard, 10440 E. Valley Road.
An employee described it as "an unexpected explosion," however, a Central Arizona Fire and Medical official told the Courier it first came in as a wildland fire, then one vehicle on fire.
"That's no wildland fire," he said of the 20- to 30-foot-tall pile of cars and debris.
The blaze began at about 5 p.m. Thursday, May 5. Within 30 minutes more and more fire engines and trucks were seen driving into the scene.