Fire At Brainerd Recyling

A fire at a Brainerd recycling center forced the closure of a nearby road Tuesdayas firefighters worked to put out the blaze. Fire crews responded to Crow Wing Recycling around 7:15 this Tuesday morning after a scrap pile caught on fire. Because of the large fire, Industrial Park Road was closed for a little over two hours. The facility was not damaged, but it took fire crews about two hours to extinguish the fire involving the scrap pile. The owner of Crow Wing Recycling says the fire was likely started by a lithium-ion battery that was left in something that was put into recycling.