An overnight fire in Janesville damaged five GFL Environmental, Inc., garbage trucks and caused more than a half-million dollars in damage, according to the fire department.
More than two dozen firefighters responded to the scene, at 304 Sunny Lane, early Monday morning, its report stated. The first ones to arrive at the structure, around 1:15 a.m., reported seeing one of the garbage trucks already engulfed in flames.
Fire crews were able to knock down the blaze and keep it contained to the building’s garage, the fire department reported. However, the fire had reached five of the garbage trucks before the flames were completely under control.
Firefighters remained at the scene for approximately three hours.