BATON ROUGE - Firefighters responded to a fire on River Road right outside of Baton Rouge city limits.

The fire occurred at a recycling center on the 12000 block of River Road, close to the L'Auberge Hotel & Casino.

Here's another shot of the fire on River Rd. The gusty winds are helping at all. @WBRZ pic.twitter.com/IUBtg0fIJ8

— Brett Buffington (@BrettBuffington) February 4, 2017

St. George Fire Department responded to the scene.

Crews shut down River Road in the area while they fought the fire.

The fire originated from a large pile of cut trees, according to fire officials.