Fire under control at Cooper Tire in Tupelo

Updated - Black smoke could be seen rising above Tupelo at Cooper Tire Tuesday morning.

Top story tonight: this fire that you see behind me.

It happened this morning at the biggest employer in north mississippi: cooper tire.

You can see fire fighters here trying to put it out.

Biggest employer in north mississippi: cooper tire.

You can see fire fighters here trying to put it out.

Wtva's chelsea brown has been following this story since it broke this morning.

Chelsea, what's the situation like now, and how's the air?

Well the air is much cleaner than when i was out here at lunch time.

Tupelo fire department has worked for hours extinguishing the fire and assessing the damage.

The fire department posted on its facebook page a few hours ago the fire was under control and they were starting to overhaul and salvage anything.

We started receiving viewer pictures of the blaze into our newsroom shortly before 11 this morning.

When i arrived to the seen you could see the thick black smoke for miles, and the air quality was poor.

At about 12 the smoke started to lighten..

A sign the fire department was getting the blaze under control.

Representatives with cooper tire say they evacuated the building when the fire broke out.

No one was hurt according to cooper tire.

The fire department has been on the scene all day, i have spoke with fire cheif thomas walker to try and find out a cause of the fire and the extent of damage.

Live in tupelo chelsea brown wtva 9 news it's the last one for the end of the year.