The Charlotte Fire Department is responding to a two-alarm fire Wednesday afternoon at International Paper, a paper-recycling business, on East 28th Street near North Tryon Street just outside Uptown Charlotte.

Firefighters are on the scene of a 2-alarm fire at a paper recycling company near uptown Charlotte. The call came out around 3pm Wednesday about a fire at International Paper on East 28th Street. Charlotte fire says there was smoke coming from the business when firefighters arrived.

A large fire at a northeast Charlotte recycling plant on Wednesday was believed to be caused by a spark from heavy machinery, investigators announced. Charlotte Fire said the "significant fire incident" in the 200 block of East 28th Street,

Charlotte Fire Department responded to a blaze in Charlotte’s NoDa neighborhood. A fire broke out at the International Paper recycling