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Emergency services, city crews clean up smoldering garbage from street

WORLAND – City of Worland crews are generally advised not to leave trash in the middle of the street -unless it is on fire.

At around 10 a.m. Tuesday morning, Washakie County Dispatch received a report that the garbage in a city garbage truck had caught fire.

By the time Washakie Ambulance, the Worland Police Department and Worland Fire Department arrived on the scene, the debris was in the street...