Explosion in Oakland scrap metal fire caught on tape

Prosecutors presented evidence of a string of ten explosions – including one caught on video by a firefighter – to the Alameda County grand jury that ultimately indicted operators of a West Oakland metal recycling facility on hazardous waste charges related to a fire there last year, NBC Bay Area’s investigative unit has learned.

NBC Bay Area obtained the video taken by a firefighter on the scene under the state’s Public Records Act.

The fire – which burned over two days in August of last year — tore through a pile of scrap metal in the Radius Inc. facility, formerly known as Schnitzer Steel…

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