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LAPORTE, Ind. — A massive compost pile continued to burn Tuesday at the LaPorte County Solid Waste District site near the fairgrounds, prompting an air quality alert and a multi-day-long response from local and regional fire crews.

The fire, which broke out on Sunday, is believed to have started from spontaneous combustion within the large compost pile.

Since then, firefighters from the LaPorte Fire Department, with assistance from multiple agencies, have been working around the clock to extinguish it.

“This is a big operation, not really that big of a fire per se, but it’s a big compost and there’s a lot underneath,” said LaPorte Fire Department Assistant Chief Kelly Burke.

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