The Wayland Fire Department and several other departments were battling a fire at Mobile Pallet Services Inc. Sunday afternoon.
Local officials reported that a fire was burning a large pile of sawdust behind the Pallet plant was burning and it threatened to spread to a nearby wooded area.
Dorr, Hopkins and Leighton Township departments were summoned to help Wayland contain the fire. Witnesses reported a smoke could be seen throughout the area, causing some to ask on Facebook, “Is all of Wayland on fire?”.
Mobile Pallet Services is located on the west side of South Main Street in the 800 block, causing traffic to be routed at South Locust Street and 133rs Avenue at the couthern border of the city.
