It was like a ticking time bomb,” Schmidt said, adding that the outer housing on such batteries make it difficult to tell if the battery itself has been damaged.

Federal, state and local agencies are working to clean up the aftermath of a massive fire at a York County salvage yard that ...

At least six area fire departments battled a multiple-vehicle fire at a salvage yard southwest of Waunakee on March 2.

Multiple vehicles were on fire on Monday at an auto salvage yard, the Dane County Communications Center confirmed to Channel3000.com.

Fire crews were called late Monday morning to a vehicle fire at a salvage yard just outside of Middleton. The fire started ...

Update on York Co. salvage yard fire, environmental impacts ...