Brush Fire Spreads to Recycling Yard in Perris

A brush fire spread to a recycling yard Wednesday, sending a thick tower of smoke over a Riverside County community.

The fire broke out around 11 a.m. in the 300 block of Ellis Avenue. Flames started in what firefighters described as light vegetation. 

Photos from the Riverside County Fire Department showed black smoke over the area.

Details about how the fire started were not immediately available.

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