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Maysville Fire Department crews tell us that the fire happened at 11710 US-17S in Maysville, which is Green Recycling Solutions.
Crews tell us that a sprinkler system helped control the fire until the arrival of fire crews.
A cause has not been confirmed at this time.
This story will be updated as more information is made available.
Firefighters from multiple agencies responded to the fire just after 6 a.m. Sunday in the 19300 block of Industrial Drive in Mono Village, south of Mono Way, east of Sonora, Tuolumne County Fire posted to Instagram. A total of 11 engine crews, one ladder truck, two hand crews, three water trucks, and one bulldozer responded.
They found heavy smoke and active fire in the waste facility building, and the sprinkler system was already active and flowing. Firefighters remained on scene with Cal Sierra Waste Management representatives for several hours to ensure the fire was completely out.
The Tuolumne County Public Works Department said late Sunday that the transfer station would remain closed to the public Monday and is expected to resume normal service Tuesday.
“Residential and commercial curbside collection services are not affected by this closure and routes will be serviced on their regular schedule,” the department stated.
For more information, call Cal Sierra Waste Management at (888) 558-0616.
Tuolumne County Fire said agencies that responded to the fire early Sunday included Twain Harte Fire, Tuolumne City Fire, Sonora City Fire, the Cal Fire Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit, and Cal Fire units from San Bernardino, Tulare, and and San Benito-Monterey. The out-of-town crews are helping cover parts of Tuolumne County.
The fire was reported at 5 p.m. at the Fremont Recycling & Transfer Station at 41149 Boyce Road. The fire was in the electronics recycling storage area.
The cause of the fire is under investigation. There were no reports of injuries to firefighters or employees.
The fire was contained to the area of origin and operations were able to resume in the remainder of the facility.
The Grayslake Fire Protection District responded around 11:30 p.m. Friday to the Waste Management Recycling Center Processing Facility, 30869 Route 83 in Grayslake.
Grayslake Fire Protection District Lt. Ian Mandigo said crews initially responded after receiving an activated fire alarm.
Firefighters arrived to find moderate smoke showing from the rear of the building.
Mandigo said the incident was upgraded to a confirmed structure fire, bringing additional fire department crews to the scene.
Firefighters were quickly able to contain and extinguish the fire.
The fire was confined to a pile of recycled materials, Mandigo said.
No physical damage was done to the building itself due to the effectiveness of the automatic sprinkler system.
Employees arrived on the scene and removed the smoldering materials outside of the building using a front-end loader.
Fire crews overhauled the burnt materials once they were outside the building.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation, Mandigo said.
The Round Lake, Mundelein, Libertyville, Countryside and Gurnee fire departments assisted at the scene.
Grayslake fire stations were covered by the Lake Villa, Libertyville and Waukegan fire departments.
Sprinklers at Quincy Recycling prevented a paper fire from spreading early Wednesday morning.
The Marion Fire Department responded to the business in the 6200 block of North Gateway Drive for a paper pile smoldering around 3:20 am.
When crews arrived the pile had already been extinguished by the business’s deluge sprinkler system.
The fire started near the shredder and was confined to the discharge pile.
All occupants exited the building and no one was injured.
The Addison Fire Protection District said crews responding to an activated fire alarm at the facility, which reports place in the 1700 block of West Fullerton Avenue, arrived to find heavy smoke pouring from the building.
While the facility’s sprinkler system helped to contain the blaze, firefighters pulled several large hose lines into the building to extinguish the flames, fire officials said.
Once skylights and overhead doors were opened, fire crews used front end loaders to remove tons of burning paper from the building. A 30-foot by 30-foot area of burning shredded paper was found in the building, firefighters said.
Firefighters worked to put out a fire in Margate.
The fire broke out at a Public Works facility near North Rock Island Road and First Street, Saturday.
Heavy smoke could be seen billowing from the building.
Firefighters knocked down the fire to limit the extent of the damage.
Officials said the sprinkler system was key in keeping the fire under control.
EFD crews were dispatched to Piranha Mobile Shredding on Franklin Street on Wednesday after an alarm service reported a sprinkler system activation at the business.
The fire department says crews arrived at the business around 7:00 p.m. and found a heavy haze inside the building.
The fire involved a baler, where EFD says most of the fire was contained by the sprinkler system.
No injuries occurred as a result of the fire, and no structural damage was reported.
EFD says the fire remains under investigation at this time.
Firefighters responded to a call around 10:16 a.m. Friday at Midwest Fiber Recycling located at 4000 E. Steelton Ave. According to Terre Haute Fire Chief Bill Berry, the trailer was a total loss.
The fire caused a sprinkler system inside the building to go off; however, Berry said the recycling center was not damaged. No was hurt during the incident.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
