A blaze that tore through a warehouse and sent plumes of black smoke into the sky was fully extinguished on Sunday, Georgia ports officials said.
Firefighters worked overnight Saturday to prevent flare ups from developing into larger fires inside the damaged 226,000 square-foot warehouse at the Ocean Terminal, Savannah fire and emergency services spokesman Mark Keller said, reported Associated Press Newswires.
Officials said more than 1,000 tonnes of crude rubber was burned in the fire. Firefighters from Savannah and Garden City, the Air National Guard and additional agencies helped bring the blaze under control.
No injuries were reported and no one was in the warehouse when the fire started, ports officials said. The cause of the blaze is still unclear.
"Our investigators haven't been able to get into it. Although most of the fire is out it's still not an environment where they can get into. It's just not safe for them at this point," Keller said.
He added that a firewall that divided the building in half prevented part of the warehouse from being destroyed in the blaze.
The Ocean Terminal was scheduled to resume normal operations today and ports officials said operations at Savannah's container port weren't impacted.
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