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Garbage Truck Fire in Ridgewood: Why Your Old Batteries Are a “Ticking Time Bomb”

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The message from the Village is clear: Our trash shouldn’t be explosive

photos courtesy of Boyd Loving

the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Ridgewood NJ, It started as a routine bulk refuse collection in the Village of Ridgewood this morning, but it quickly turned into a high-stakes emergency. A sanitation truck suddenly ignited, forced to make an emergency detour to the Graydon Pool parking lot to dump a 10-foot pile of burning trash.

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