Why you may see smoke near Highway 99 in Visalia

TULARE COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - If you thrust on Highway 99 successful Visalia, the Tulare County Fire Department says you whitethorn spot fume for the adjacent mates of days.

Firefighters accidental astir 4:30 a.m. Monday they responded to Avenue 296 and Highway 99 wherever they recovered a heap of composting worldly connected fire.

Crews accidental Wood Industries successful Visalia, the institution whose batch the occurrence originated in, advised firefighters that they had due instrumentality connected tract to extinguish the occurrence and took implicit the incident.

Tulare County Fire says arsenic the concern extinguishes the smoldering heap of composting material, fume volition proceed to beryllium contiguous and smolder for a while.

Crews accidental the installation hopes to person the occurrence retired wrong the adjacent mates of days. All TCFD units person been released.

The occurrence section advised the nationalist they mightiness spot fume arsenic they question done the area.