Overview
- The pallet company building at 1st Avenue and Maybrook Drive in Maywood caught fire Saturday, drawing a large response.
- Videos showed heavy black smoke and large flames, and explosions were heard near the site.
- Mayor Nathaniel George Booker said the facility stores crates and rubber, materials that can fuel intense fires and thick smoke.
- Firefighters from Bellwood, Broadview, Northlake, Melrose Park and Franklin Park assisted as local emergency officers directed traffic.
- Officials have not identified a cause or any injuries, and the incident remains under investigation.