The most recent photo of the fire at the TRACC recycling plant fire shows sand covering part of the tire storage area. (New Brunswick Emergency Measures Organization RPAS Team)
The fire broke out at the plant about 50 kilometres east of Fredericton on Friday night. (Submitted by Bonnie Barton)
Day 2: Saturday
About 30 fire departments responded to the fire over the weekend. (Harvey Fire Department)
Smoke from the TRACC fire can be seen billowing in the sky from about 60 kilometres from Minto along the Trans-Canada Highway. (Radio-Canada)
Day 3: Sunday
Sand is dumped behind the burning TRACC plant on Sunday. (Stephen MacGillivray/Canadian Press)
Day 4: Monday
At least 21 dump trucks are bringing continuous loads of sand to put out the fire. (Shane Fowler/CBC)
Bulldozers are pushing sand over the fire to try to smother it. (Jamie Hachey/Facebook)
This aerial photo shows the state of the fire around 4:30 p.m. Monday. (Kevin Nicklin/Facebook)
Day 5: Tuesday
After almost four days of battling the fire, sand has only only been applied to one corner of the tire storage area, which covers about one hectare of land. (New Brunswick Emergency Measures Organization RPAS Team)
