Crews have snuffed out a fire at the Tie Lake Transfer Station.
They responded to the fire yesterday afternoon.
“When we arrived on site, we found a smoldering fire within the tire pile, which made it a more complicated response,” said Elk Valley and South Country Rural Fire Assistant Chief Rachael Engelhardt.
“Our firefighters did an excellent job of triaging the situation and, with the assistance of an equipment operator, were able to separate the pile safely and extinguish the fire.”
Nine members from the Elko and Jaffray fire departments responded to the call, along with RDEK staff and heavy equipment contractor.
They were at the scene for several hours to make sure there were no hot spots.
The cause is under investigation and the transfer station has reopened.
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