Fire At Oswego Recycling Plant Causes 'Significant Dollar Loss'

OSWEGO, IL — Oswego firefighters were battling a fire at a large recycling plant Friday afternoon, authorities told Patch. Firefighters were called to the scene at Groot Recycling & Waste Services in Arrowhead Industrial Park just after noon for what was reported as a small appliance fire. Though Groot has a mailing address in the 10000 block of Clow Creek Road in Plainfield, the area is in the Oswego Fire Protection District's jurisdiction.

An Aurora fire engine was also on the way to the scene as officials learned that the tenants were unable to contain the fire and were evacuating. The facility was fully evacuated, Oswego fire officials said.

As of early Friday evening, no injuries had been reported.

Fire crews were still actively battling the fire as of just before 5 p.m. Fire officials anticipated a "significant dollar loss due to the fire."

Officials told Patch that Plainfield firefighters were assisting at the scene earlier in the afternoon, and NBC Chicago reported that the City of Naperville sent out a robocall advising residents, saying Naperville police were also at the scene. Residents were urged to avoid the area.

Also assisting in fighting the blaze were MABAS-16 Hazmat and firefighters from Aurora, Troy, North Aurora, Naperville, Minooka, Lockport, Bolingbrook, Big Rock, Romeoville, Sugar Grove, Lisbon-Seward, Montgomery, Newark, Little Rock Fox, Bristol-Kendall and Aurora Township.

Officials said they will release additional information as it becomes available.