By Associated Press - Monday, May 12, 2014

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Fire officials are trying to determine the cause of a blaze that tore through tan bark at a San Jose landfill, creating a plume of smoke visible for miles.

The three-alarm fire at the Zanker Road Landfill was reported around 4:30 p.m. Sunday. About 50 firefighters were called in to fight the blaze, though the San Jose Mercury News (https://bit.ly/1qumHft) reports they were hampered by gusty winds and a fire hydrant a half mile down the road.

San Jose Fire Capt. Reggie Williams says the fire was also hard to put out because it burned in 20-to-30-foot piles of tan bark.

According to the landfill’s website, it recycles wood waste among other materials.

No one was injured in the blaze. A recycling machine was damaged.

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Information from: San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News, https://www.mercurynews.com

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