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Photos and videos from the scene show a large plume of thick, black smoke rising from the facility.

UPDATE: The warehouse fire in Miami Gardens on Thursday has been escalated to a four-alarm blaze, prompting the deployment of additional firefighting units, according to the Miami Herald.

The fire is raging at a six-story warehouse located at 20600 NW 47th Avenue. Firefighters from multiple departments are on the scene, working to contain the flames and prevent further spread.

Authorities have not yet confirmed the cause of the fire or whether there are any injuries.

A public safety alert was issued, stating, "Heavy smoke due to a fire is impacting the area. It is recommended for those with respiratory problems and medical conditions to shelter in place if possible. Stay indoors. Close windows and doors and recirculate ventilation systems. Monitor local media and official Miami-Dade County alerts for updates. No evacuations necessary."

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ORIGINAL STORY: A massive fire broke out at a warehouse in Miami Gardens, Florida late Thursday morning. According to CBS News, the blaze started at Global Warehouse Solutions.

Photos and videos from the scene show a large plume of thick, black smoke rising from the facility.

The smoke was reportedly visible from nearby cities, including Miramar, Florida and Pembroke Pines, Florida.

Authorities have urged residents and drivers to avoid the area surrounding the warehouse while firefighters work to contain the blaze.

Officials have not yet released details about possible injuries or the cause of the fire.

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Residents react

Several witnesses and local residents took to social media to react to the blaze.

One person wrote on Facebook, "Just right next to that fire there are little building that look like small house that DCF used them to put children’s that have been removed from their parent or families. I hope they are safe if they are still there."

Another added, "County line 42-47 Ave warehouses. Just got a alert call from the mayor of Miami Gardens about this fire. Stay away from the area."

A third person commented, "Bruhhhhhhh why da hell city of Miami gardens call me and I thought they was gone tell me I can join the senior group early. Nooooo they warning me bout a fire."

Another claimed, “The MDFR units were just watering the lawn. building's fire extinguisher sprinkler system failed bigly.”

BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. — It’s being called a game changer for South Florida.

Waste Management has officially unveiled its new $90 million, 127,000-square-foot recycling facility in west Pembroke Pines. The plant is designed to recycle 275,000 tons of material each year at a rate of 60 tons per hour.

The facility will service Miami-Dade, Broward, Monroe and Collier counties at a time when South Florida is facing a waste management crisis.

Available landfill space is quickly approaching capacity, forcing leaders to rethink how trash is handled as the world works to reduce emissions tied to climate change.

“We want to show you that recycling is real and that everyone should be recycling always,” said Tara Hemmer, WM’s senior vice president and chief sustainability officer.

Beam Furr, vice chair of the Broward Solid Waste Authority, said the region must take recycling seriously.

“We need to be doing everything we can to recycle everything,” Furr said. “We have to be leading by example. We’re ground zero for sea level rise. Unless we’re doing recycling and unless we’re doing all the right things, we’re contributing to our own demise.”

Furr is helping lead the effort to get Broward’s local cities to sign onto a new master plan aimed at standardizing and streamlining how the county manages waste in the future.

“We’re looking to get up to 75% recycling. Right now, we’re like in the 30s. This is going to help us get there. So, this is a big step forward,” Furr said.

Broward, like Miami-Dade County, produces more than 5 million tons of waste a year -- double the national average. The goal is to reduce as much waste as possible from going to landfills.

The new facility is mostly automated and uses new technology, much of it AI-enabled, to minimize the manpower needed to sort materials and make the process more efficient.

“We have dozens of optical sorters, and what those do is they shine light on objects and then can blow them into a bunker where we can get them to new markets,” Hemmer said.

Officials hope the facility -- one of the largest in the country -- will help regain public trust in recycling after high contamination rates forced many cities to stop offering the service because of high costs.

“Many cities thought that they could do better by breaking off and going their own way, sending their garbage all over the state and doing their own deal, only to find out that not only were they overpaying by a considerable amount,” Furr said.

Education will be key moving forward.

“So everybody knows what goes in there, we’re going to have to find a way to make sure that we’re separating stuff, separating yard waste, separating food waste, and then the stuff that goes here can really be recycled,” Furr said.

Mark Wilson, president of the Florida Chamber of Commerce, said the region has an opportunity to set an example.

“We can show the rest of the country how to do sustainability the right way,” Wilson said.

Broward’s Solid Waste Authority master plan has been presented to city managers countywide. Beginning in April, each city will decide whether to sign on. The authority is urging all 28 member cities to adopt it by August.

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