Firefighters wait out a smoldering fire at a Janesville recycling facility because heavy bundles of cardboard blocked their access to the flames.
Just after 3:30 Tuesday afternoon Janesville firefighters were called to the Waste Management Recycle America-Janesville Recycling Center on Black Bridge Road.
Employees were evacuated from the scene, and fire departments from Edgerton, Milton, Beloit, town of Beloit, Evansville and Footville were called in to assist.
Black Bridge Road was blocked off from North Parker Drive to Mayfair Road for hours.
At 9:30 p.m., firefighters were still on scene, and Janesville Fire Department Battalion Chief Ron Bomkamp predicted they could be there for a while.
