Garbage truck dumps load of burning trash near Windsor park

The scene at Billington Lane and Cornell Street in Windsor is being cleaned up by waste service and town personnel.|
KATHLEEN COATES
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

No injuries or property damage were reported Tuesday after the contents of a garbage truck caught fire along a residential street in Windsor.

Sonoma County Resource Recovery personnel and Windsor town crews were cleaning up the site after firefighters extinguished the fire, according to Cyndi Foreman, a public information officer with the Sonoma County Fire District.

Firefighters received a call about the garbage at Billington Lane and Cornell Street in front of Robbins Park at 1:22 p.m.

Another garbage truck was dispatched and the trash was loaded onto the new truck, according to Karen Hancock, public information officer for the Sonoma County Fire District.

“The fire started in the truck and the driver dumped it to keep the truck from burning,” she said.

Hancock said the cause of the fire is unknown but fire officials would be investigating.

You can reach Staff Writer Kathleen Coates at kathleen.coates@pressdemocrat.com.

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