5 Firefighters Injured in Large Trash Fire in Charlestown, Massachusetts

Firefighters were on the scene of a large trash fire in Charlestown, Massachusetts, Thursday. 

The blaze broke out in a two-story windowless building which houses a Casella recycling center, at 24 Bunker Hill Industrial Park.

Firefighters were pulling apart the trash with rakes to try and get at the fire.

Five firefighters were treated and transported for a variety of non life-threatening injuries. 

The building is off of Rutherford Avenue by Interstate 93.

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