CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A fire at a metal recycling plant on Cleveland’s south side has caused $2 million in damage, officials said.

At 12:23 p.m. Monday, Cleveland Division of Fire was dispatched to River Recycling Industries, Inc. on the 4000 block of Bradley Road for a report of an industrial fire, spokesman Lt. Mike Norman said.

As firefighters responded to the three-alarm blaze, they heard a “popping” sound from inside the company, which recycles metal.

That popping sound was of bullets exploding, Norman said. A propane tank attached to a forklift also exploded.

One of the things the company recycles is metal casings from bullets, owner Bill Grodin told cleveland.com and the Plain Dealer. Sometimes a gun range will collect spent bullet casings and a live round accidentally makes its wa

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