CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – A trailer full of trash caught fire this morning at the Bi-County Transfer Station on Highway Drive.
At 9:46 a.m. crews were dispatched to the center for a report of flames coming from the pit area, according to a Clarksville Fire Rescue report. Upon arrival, there was visible smoke coming from a trash transport trailer in the pit.
Crews got water on the fire while Bi-County employees hooked up to the trailer to move it away from the structure. The trailer was dumped and the fire was called under control as crews continued to keep water on the piles of trash. The fire was called out at 10:15 a.m., CFR reported
There were no injuries, and the Transfer Station wasn’t damaged.
Bi-County Executive Director Mark Neblett told Clarksville Now that the trailer was receiving trash that had been compacted inside the Transfer Station, to be hauled to the landfill on Dover Road.
After the fire was out, the trailer was replaced, and the Transfer Station resumed operations, Neblett said. The cause of the fire hasn’t been determined.
Responding units included Engine 1, Engine 4, Squad 1, Tower 1, Ladder 3, Rescue 3, Ops 2, District Chief 1, Battalion Chief 2.
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