Crime & Safety

Trash Truck Catches Fire Tuesday Morning

Truck being brought to Wilmington's recycling yard to extinguish fire.

If you saw a trash truck and noticed it smelled like smoke Tuesday morning, there’s a reason

Northside Carting has a trash truck with a load on fire Tuesday morning. Northside provides residential curbside municipal waste removal, dumpster rentals and recycling services for the town of Wilmington.

Wilmington Fire has requested the truck be brought to the town’s recycling yard to dump the load and extinguish the fire.

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According to reports there are no visible flames, but there is an odor of smoke.

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