Fiddyment waste structure fire contained

Cal Fire Nevada Yuba Placer Unit firefighters contained a fire that broke out early Tuesday morning at FCC Environmental Facility on Fiddyment Road in Roseville. Firefighters arrived at the waste structure about 5:26 a.m. Tuesday, according to Cal Fire Public Nevada Yuba Placer Unit's public information officer Mary Eldridge. When firefighters arrived at the scene Tuesday, portions of the building were engulfed in flames, mainly due to the garbage and waste that caught on fire, according to Eldridge. "A big part of the challenge was to remove the waste from the facility, pull it out into the parking lot and then be able to extinguish the garbage bag," Eldridge told Gold Country Media Tuesday morning. "It was literally the garbage that was on fire (and what caused the fire)." Firefighters battled an overwhelming amount of smoke in the building, and by removing the smoke, were able to contain the fire quickly, according to Eldridge. Cal Fire declared 100-percent containment of the fire before 8 a.m. Tuesday morning on its Facebook page. Cal Fire noted that there could be considerable "drift smoke" entering the Lincoln area as a result of the fire.