County Commissioners receive Bruce Transfer Station update

The Adams County Commissioners received an update on operations at the Bruce Transfer Station, located outside of Othello, on Aug. 13.

Public Works Director Todd O’Brien said the transfer station resumed accepting residential solid waste on Aug. 9 following a fire on Aug. 5.

He added the department is working with insurance agents and a fire investigator to determine the source and cause of the fire.

O’Brien explained some of the recycled refrigerators caught on fire at the transfer station on Aug. 11 around 3 p.m. He is unsure where the fire started and crews contacted the Othello Fire Depart...