4,000 pounds of recyclables ignite in Madison Tuesday

Thousands of pounds of recyclables found on fire in Madison

MADISON, Wis.– The Madison Fire Department responded to a recyclables fire this morning at East Pass & Grove Circle on the city’s southwest side at around 9:15 a.m. MFD says they arrived to roughly 4,000 lbs. of recyclables burning. MADISON FIRE DEPARTMENT A Streets Division recycling collection operator had dumped the pile upon noticing the back of his truck was smoking. The City of Madison Streets Division also provided tools to spread the lar…

4,000 pounds of recyclables ignite in Madison Tuesday

A recycling collection operator for the Madison Streets Division had to dump the roughly 4,000 pounds of recyclables onboard Tuesday morning when the load started smoking.

4K pounds of recyclables dumped onto Madison street catch fire

MADISON, Wis. -- Roughly 4,000 pounds of recyclables that were dumped on a Madison street caught fire Monday morning, a Madison Fire Department spokesperson said.

Much of Wisconsin under wildfire danger

WIZMnews.com The Wisconsin DNR said much of the state is experiencing high or very high danger levels for wildfires including La Crosse and surrounding counties. In a statement on Monday afternoon, it said that 63 fires burned 135 acres this past weekend. The forecast through Wednesday calls for dry weather and windy conditions which increase the risk of fires. Dry grass, leaves, and pine needles coupled with low humidity and wind can lay the gr…

Wisconsin experiencing increased fire danger April 14-16

MADISON — Elevated fire danger resulted in 63 wildfires burning 135 acres this past weekend, and the state Department of Natural Resources is continuing to suspend burn permits in 24 counties where the DNR has burn restriction authority as fire…

Dept. of Natural Resources: Wisconsin experiencing increased fire danger April 14-16

MADISON, Wis. – Elevated fire danger resulted in 63 wildfires burning 135 acres this past weekend, and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is continuing to suspend burn permits in 24 counties where the DNR has burn restriction authority as...