{"id":68247,"date":"2020-10-21T16:44:54","date_gmt":"2020-10-21T22:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/krtnradio.com\/?p=68247"},"modified":"2020-10-21T18:15:55","modified_gmt":"2020-10-22T00:15:55","slug":"scrap-lumber-burns-at-landfill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krtnradio.com\/wp\/2020\/10\/21\/scrap-lumber-burns-at-landfill\/","title":{"rendered":"Scrap Lumber Burns at Landfill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Marty Mayfield<\/p>\n<p>KRTN Multi-Media<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Raton Fire and Emergency Services along with Colfax County Rapid Response were dispatched to the Raton Landfill Wednesday afternoon, October 21, 2020 at about 2:45 p.m. for a fire in what is called the clean lumber scrap pile which is made up of construction lumber and tree limbs.<\/p>\n<p>According to Fire Chief Anthony Burk the cause of the fire is a mechanical failure in the wood chipper that is used to chip up the wood for mulch. The chipper received extensive damage but isn&#8217;t a total loss.<\/p>\n<p>Fire Fighters remained on the scene for several hours working the fire. Chief Burk noted they will cool the product and remove it and cool more product and remove it until the fire is completely extinguished.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/T0tiH-mMK4s\" width=\"660\" height=\"370\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_68239\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-68239\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-68239 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/krtnradio.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Bonfire-Raton-Dump-10-21-2020-6774-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/krtnradio.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Bonfire-Raton-Dump-10-21-2020-6774-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/krtnradio.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Bonfire-Raton-Dump-10-21-2020-6774-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/krtnradio.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Bonfire-Raton-Dump-10-21-2020-6774-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-68239\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">It was a big fire that started in the clean lumber scrap pile at the Raton Landfill Wednesday afternoon.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_68240\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-68240\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-68240 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/krtnradio.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Bonfire-Raton-Dump-10-21-2020-6776-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/krtnradio.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Bonfire-Raton-Dump-10-21-2020-6776-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/krtnradio.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Bonfire-Raton-Dump-10-21-2020-6776-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/krtnradio.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Bonfire-Raton-Dump-10-21-2020-6776-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-68240\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ernie Castillo manned the bulldozer to move scrap wood away from the blaze Wednesday afternoon at the Raton Landfill<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_68241\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-68241\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-68241 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/krtnradio.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Bonfire-Raton-Dump-10-21-2020-6780-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/krtnradio.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Bonfire-Raton-Dump-10-21-2020-6780-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/krtnradio.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Bonfire-Raton-Dump-10-21-2020-6780-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/krtnradio.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Bonfire-Raton-Dump-10-21-2020-6780-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-68241\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ernie Castillo moved scrap wood away from the fire in the Scrap Lumber pile at the Raton Landfill Wednesday afternoon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_68242\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-68242\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-68242 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/krtnradio.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Bonfire-Raton-Dump-10-21-2020-6781-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/krtnradio.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Bonfire-Raton-Dump-10-21-2020-6781-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/krtnradio.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Bonfire-Raton-Dump-10-21-2020-6781-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/krtnradio.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Bonfire-Raton-Dump-10-21-2020-6781-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-68242\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Raton Fire Chief Anthony Burk surveys the fire as it burns Wednesday afternoon at the Raton Landfill<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_68243\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-68243\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-68243 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/krtnradio.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Bonfire-Raton-Dump-10-21-2020-6790-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/krtnradio.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Bonfire-Raton-Dump-10-21-2020-6790-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/krtnradio.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Bonfire-Raton-Dump-10-21-2020-6790-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/krtnradio.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Bonfire-Raton-Dump-10-21-2020-6790-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-68243\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The wood chipper that was blamed for the fire can be seen through the smoke and flame Wednesday afternoon at the Raton Landfill<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_68244\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-68244\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-68244 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/krtnradio.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Bonfire-Raton-Dump-10-21-2020-6795-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/krtnradio.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Bonfire-Raton-Dump-10-21-2020-6795-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/krtnradio.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Bonfire-Raton-Dump-10-21-2020-6795-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/krtnradio.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Bonfire-Raton-Dump-10-21-2020-6795-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-68244\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Colfax County Fire Fighters spray down some brush on the north side of the fire to prevent it from spreading Wednesday afternoon at the Raton Landfill<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Marty Mayfield KRTN Multi-Media &nbsp; Raton Fire and Emergency Services along with Colfax County Rapid Response were dispatched to the Raton Landfill Wednesday afternoon, October 21, 2020 at about 2:45 p.m. for a fire in what is called the clean lumber scrap pile which is made up of 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