WYLIE, Texas — It’s not every day you see a mountain of smoldering garbage outside your local fire station — but that’s exactly what happened Monday afternoon at Wylie Fire Station 3.
Wes Hart first heard about the heap of trash from a friend and wanted to see it for himself. The sight and smell were as remarkable as the location: the parking lot of the neighborhood fire station.
According to Fire Chief Brandon Blythe, the garbage truck, which belonged to Community Waste Disposal (CWD), had picked up something that began smoldering inside the vehicle…