Emergency crews were dispatched to the Meade County Solid Waste and Recycle Center in Brandenburg late Friday night due to a reported structure fire.
The Meade County Fire District says crews arrived on scene at around 10:15 p.m. on December 1 and found an open side structure fully engulfed in flames.
Meade County Solid Waste Coordinator Jacob Butler said the cause of the fire is still under investigation, but because of the quick work of responding firefighters the damage from the fire was contained.
“We are very, very fortunate that the fire was not spread to our main building, so the way it’s looking we will resume normal operational hours around 10 or 11 o’clock Monday morning,” Butler said.
No injuries were reported as a result of the fire. Butler said finished recycling bales had been moved out of the older structure that caught fire.
“We didn’t really lose a lot of our equipment, but unfortunately we did lose our glass pulverizer, so at this time we’re probably going to stop accepting glass from the public and other vendors,” Butler said. “We have no way of processing it.”
Hardin County Public Works Director Stephanie Givens said she does not believe the fire will impact recycling collection for Hardin County.
(Photo Source: Meade County Fiscal Court)
