Photos: Smoke from fire in Prince George’s County fills skyline

Capitol Heights Fire
The West Lanham Hills Volunteer Fire Department is raising funds to replace its destroyed fire truck. It’s trying to raise $450,000 to replace the 1988 truck that went up in flames while fighting a Capitol Heights fire. (Courtesy West Lanham Hills Volunteer Fire Department)
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Thick black smoke, produced from the burning tar, tires, shingles and other petroleum-based products, could be seen from as far away as Virginia. (Courtesy PGFD/Mark Brady)
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Firefighters are seen at the Capitol Heights, Maryland fire in an industrial park. (Courtesy PGFD/Mark Brady)
Firefighters responded to a fire on Ashwood Drive in Capitol Heights, Maryland on Monday, April 6. 2015. (Courtesy PGFD/Mark Brady)
A three-alarm fire at 5:15 p.m. ripped through an industrial storage yard in a Capitol Heights industrial park in the 8700 block of Ashwood Drive on Monday, April 6, 2015. (Courtesy PGFD/Mark Brady)
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Firefighters responded to a fire on Ashwood Drive in Capitol Heights, Maryland on Monday, April 6. 2015. (Courtesy PGFD/Mark Brady)
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More than 100 firefighters responded to a fire in Capitol Heights, Maryland that destroyed two fire trucks. (Courtesy PGFD/Mark Brady)
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A Capitol Heights fire destroyed two fire trucks. (Courtesy PGFD/Mark Brady)
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Firefighters responded to a fire on Ashwood Drive in Capitol Heights, Maryland on Monday, April 6. 2015. (Courtesy PGFD/Mark Brady)
Firefighters responded to a fire on Ashwood Drive in Capitol Heights, Maryland on Monday,  April 6. 2015. (Courtesy PGFD/Mark Brady)
The fire was controlled in 90 minutes.  (Courtesy PGFD/Mark Brady)
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Firefighters responded to a fire on Ashwood Drive in Capitol Heights, Maryland on Monday, April 6. 2015. (Courtesy PGFD/Mark Brady)
Fire crews are on the seen of a two alarm fire at a roofing company on Ashwood Drive in Capital Heights . (@PGFD_Chief)
Fire crews are on the seen of a two alarm fire at a roofing company on Ashwood Drive in Capital Heights . (@PGFD_Chief)
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Capitol Heights Fire
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Firefighters responded to a fire on Ashwood Drive in Capitol Heights, Maryland on Monday, April 6. 2015. (Courtesy PGFD/Mark Brady)
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Firefighters responded to a fire on Ashwood Drive in Capitol Heights, Maryland on Monday,  April 6. 2015. (Courtesy PGFD/Mark Brady)
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Fire crews are on the seen of a two alarm fire at a roofing company on Ashwood Drive in Capital Heights . (@PGFD_Chief)

WASHINGTON — Fire crews are responding to a two-alarm fire in Prince George’s County that has smoke billowing above the skyline Monday.  Read more about the fire.

 

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