Crime & Safety

Firefighters Extinguish Blaze At Trash Facility In Cheshire

Firefighters battled the blaze for several hours on Monday night. Watch video of the fire here.

CHESHIRE, CT — Cheshire Firefighters extinguished a fire at AJ Carting Transfer Station on Monday night. Firefighters were dispatched at about 10:10 p.m. to the fire on Diana Court.

“Upon arrival the captain reported a working fire at a trash recycling facility,” the Cheshire Volunteer Fire Department wrote in a post on Facebook. “5 engines and ladder from Cheshire as well as an engine and ladder from Southington would fight this fire defensively for hours. Mutual from Prospect stood by a Cheshire HQ with other CFD units.”

Watch video of the fire, via the CFD photographer, below:

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