Fire breaks out at disposal company west of Red Deer

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“There was a vehicle inside the building working on sorting the recycling and garbage that’s in there. The operator noticed the smoke, shut the machine down, climbed out and called the fire department,” says Tuton.

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“The building is filled with cardboard and garbage, and the damage is hard to tell because we can’t see very well in there.”

Tuton says more of an update will be available later.

Meantime, smoke was drifting across the QEII Highway into Red Deer, and visibility may be somewhat affected.