(Ringgold, Va.) – Crews from multiple units responded to a massive fire at the First Piedmont Corporation Landfill at 1224 Clarks Mill Road in Ringgold around 7:30 Wednesday night.

The fire raged for hours but was finally contained about 1:30 in the morning. There were no reports of any injuries and firefighters kept the flames from spreading to nearby homes.

There have been numerous small fires at the landfill in the past but neighbors say this is the largest they have ever seen at the facility.

Residents gathered along the end of the conflagration as firefighters worked to get a handle on the inferno.

The fire’s cause has not been determined.

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