This story was updated with new information at 11 a.m. Nov. 4.

An industrial fire in the scrapyard of Radius Recycling in Eugene closed traffic in both directions on Highway 99 on Monday afternoon between Roosevelt Boulevard and the Big Y shopping center west of Garfield Street.

By 7:45 p.m., Highway 99 had reopened for traffic in both directions, Eugene police said.

The Eugene Police Department and Eugene Springfield Fire responded to the blaze, which started at about 3:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 3.

Firefighters arrived to find “significant” smoke and fire from 30-foot-high steel pile, Jeff Loewenheim, a fire department battalion chief, said in a statement Tuesday.

“There was no risk of fire spread from the pile,” Loewenheim said.

But firefighters needed to use a hydrant about 1,000 feet away from the fire, across the five-lane highway. This required the road to be closed, Loewenheim said.

Fire crews received help from crane operators for the company, also known as Schnitzer Steel, according to Loewenheim. The crane operators helped break apart the massive steel pile.

Eugene police officer David Clark at the scene said firefighters remarked how the fire could not be easily extinguished, similar to a lithium battery fire.

Eugene Springfield Fire said the fire’s cause remained under investigation, and that the scrap company was cooperating with authorities to determine what started the blaze, Loewenheim said.

No other structures in the vicinity were affected and there were no reports of injuries.

Staff correspondent Jaime Adame contributed to this article.