Authorities are currently investigating a fire that broke out at a waste and recycling transfer station in Kalamazoo, Michigan, the morning of Aug. 9.
As reported by WOODTV, the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety says the fire was reported around 2:15 a.m. at the Best Way Disposal facility on Miller Road between Emerald Drive and Glendenning Road.
“Due to the fact that is a transfer station, it is full of garbage. So, what they have had to do is spray the flames that are building and then an apparatus on scene from Best Way Disposal have been taking the garbage and pulling it out. As they are pulling it out, they are spraying the garbage and trying to fully extinguish it,” KDPS Fire Marshall Scott Brooks told WOODTV.
The building is considered a total loss, and there are no reports of injuries, according to KDPS. It is still unknown what caused the blaze.
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