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Firefighters stop blaze at western Wisconsin recycling facility after more than 20 hours
CAMPBELL, Wis. (AP) — Firefighters have extinguished a massive blaze at a western Wisconsin recycling facility after a battle that went on for more than 20 hours. The fire broke out at Omaha Track in the town of Campbell on French Island, just outside the city of La Crosse, around 1:30 a.m. Tuesday. The facility grinds scrap railway ties and other materials into chips that can be used as biofuel. Flames and smoke from the fire could be seen for miles. Four football fields’ worth of railway ties and a 30-foot (9.14 meter) high mound of chips burned, Campbell Fire Chief Nate Melby said. Multiple fire departments battled the blaze throughout the day before finally extinguishing it around 11 p.m. Tuesday, Melby said.
Northern California Weather: Rare October heat wave continues. Here's a look at records
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Northern California just experienced its hottest summer on record, but the hits keep coming. There's been 47 days with temperatures 100 degrees or hotter in Sacramento so far and there could be a few more that would extend that record. It's likely Sacramento hits 100 Thursday and would extend the record. If this happens, then it would be double the amount of 100 degree days we typically see in any given year.
Major injury crash blocks Mission Boulevard in Fremont; traffic impacted on I-880
A crash involving major injuries shut down a main roadway in Fremont Thursday morning and was also impacting traffic on Interstate Highway 880, authorities said.The crash happened on eastbound Mission Boulevard near Warm Springs Boulevard at about 7:30 a.m. Fremont police said in a community alert that clearing the crash would take about four hours.There were no immediate details on the number of injuries or the circumstances of the crash.Eastbound traffic on Mission Boulevard was backed up to the northbound Interstate Highway 880 offramp. The California Highway Patrol said both the northbound and southbound I-880 offramps to Mission Boulevard/State Route 262 were closed because of the crash investigation.Police urged people to avoid the area. This is a breaking news update. More information to be added as available.
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