SPRINGFIELD — A major fire that took hours to extinguish and polluted nearby residential neighborhoods with clouds of thick black smoke was likely caused by a battery that was mixed with car parts and other scrap metal.

Fire Chief Bernard J. Calvi recently met with the City Council’s public safety committee to discuss concerns about the fire and scrap metal yards in general following the Aug. 8 fire at Chet’s Auto Wrecking and Scrap Metal.

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