Firefighters in York County continue to battle against a fire at a mulch plant in Jackson Township.

Crews were first alerted to the fire at 501 Old Hanover Road on Sunday afternoon, and were hampered by heavy winds that fed the flames.

In an update from the York County Office of Emergency Management , officials shared that firefighters managed to contain the fire after it spread into a nearby wooded area.

“They are now working to extinguish multiple fires in the mulch that continue to burn,” read a post on the York County Office of Emergency Management Facebook page. “There are about 30 pieces of apparatus at the scene right now.”

Ted Czech, public information officer for York County OEM and York County 911, shared that the fire had also spread to a wooded area late on Sunday, but f

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