Massive port blaze still burning in Georgia

Firefighters tackled a giant blaze fuelled by 5,600 tons of rubber at the Port of Savannah in Georgia, USA, where a towering column of black smoke could be seen from miles away.

By early this morning, the fire department said its crews had contained the fire, but it could take a while for the flames to burn out inside a warehouse covering 226,000 square feet at the port’s Ocean Terminal just west of central Savannah.