Firefighters spend hours battling blaze at landfill in Lexington
The Lexington Fire Department battled a fire at a local landfill for hours Saturday evening.
A column of black smoke prompted the fire department to be dispatched to Haley Downs Drive at 4:18 p.m. Saturday, but when crews arrived, they found that the fire was actually coming from a large pile of garbage at the landfill at 4179 Hedger Lane, a fire department spokesperson said.
As of about 8 p.m., crews were continuing to work to extinguish the fire.
One firefighter was treated at the scene for heat exhaustion.
Multiple trucks were still at the scene as of 10:30 p.m., more than six hours after the fire was first reported.
A website for Waste Services of the Bluegrass says the company operates Thoroughbred Disposal at that address.
The landfill covers more than 60 acres and “is permitted to take construction and demolition debris from a 15 county area,” according to the website.
