PHOTOS: At least 1,500 vehicles, if not more, inside of an estimated 20-acre junkyard burned in a three-alarm blaze in the Antelope Valley Thursday.
Firefighters responded to reports of a “yard fire” at 421 W Ave I off of Sierra Highway in Lancaster just after 3 p.m., L.A. County Fire confirmed to KTLA.
In video of the blaze posted to social media, thick plumes of black smoke were seen coming from the location and drifting over the nearby Sierra Highway.
Initially, fire officials reported that an estimated 300 crushed vehicles were on fire, though that number continued to rise as the flames spread.
Aerial footage from Sky5 showed several explosions, as well as flames jumping the fence causing firefighters to quickly extinguish small vegetation fires.