ALLENTOWN, Pa. -- Firefighters battle a scrap yard fire in Allentown. It broke out around 11 a.m. at EMR Allentown, a scrap metal dealer on Sumner Avenue, between Roth Avenue and North 14th Street.

An Illinois-based company acquired the land of a local scrapyard for $5 million on Dec. 3. A local affiliate of United Scrap ...