Firefighters battle another fire at EMR junkyard in Camden, NJ on Thursday

Another fire broke out at a junkyard in South Jersey on Thursday night as residents were urged to avoid the area.

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Firefighters were called to a site owned by EMR on the 1400 block of South 2nd Street in Camden, New Jersey, before 8 p.m. on Feb. 26.

There is an active fire along the 1400 block of South 2nd Street in Camden. The City of Camden Fire Department is on site. Please avoid this area. pic.twitter.com/da6edwgEc6

— City of Camden Gov (@CityofCamdenGov) February 27, 2026

Skyforce10 was over the scene just after 8 p.m. where at least two firetrucks could be seen putting water on a pile of debris as a yellow crane moved what appeared to be burned vehicles.

Neighbors are being urged to avoid the area. No injuries have been reported yet.

This fire comes just over one year after a large fire sent black smoke billowing into the air and caused health concerns for neighbors.

“We don’t want our neighborhood to burn down and we don’t want to get caught up with chemicals,” Camden resident Maria Davis told NBC10 last year.

The companies that own the junkyard – MR Advanced Recycling LLC, EMR USA Holdings Inc., EMR Eastern, and Camden Iron & Metal – were sued by the state of New Jersey because of recent fires.

NBC10 reached out to EMR but they have not yet responded to our request for comment.