Case Study: Kirby Tire

Monday, October 17, 2011 by August Mack Environmental, Inc.
On August 21, 1999, arsonists set fire to an estimated seven million tires at the Kirby Scrap Tire Facility located in Sycamore, Ohio. This would later be classified as one of the largest tire fires in the state’s history and would take approximately 250 firefighters three weeks to extinguish.

 The former tire collection facility is situated on 140 acres located in Sycamore, Ohio. The scrap tire facility started collecting tires in the 1950s and, at the time of the fire, contained an estimated twenty five million tires, some of which were stacked in piles extending more than 50-feet high. The burning of tires, results in thick odiferous material, commonly known as pyrolitic oil. This oil contains a variety of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and heavy metals.

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