(La Porte, IN) - La Porte firefighters returned to a composting site over the weekend due to complaints of about lingering smoke.

 

Firefighters were there Saturday night for about two and a half hours and Sunday for a similar amount of time.

 

They initially left the scene on Friday morning after nearly a week of tearing into much of the pile of old leaves, grass clippings and trees along Zigler Road, spreading out the material and dousing it with water around the clock.

 

La Porte Assistant Fire Chief Kelly Burke said the fire hasn’t become any worse.  It’s just roughly one-third of the pile remains intact and continues to produce smoke from material that continues to burn beneath the surface.

 

The La Porte County Solid Waste District is now in charge of bringing out the heavy machinery again to dismantle the rest of the pile and soak the remainder of the burning material with water.

 

“We’re going to try to not be there unless the operators that are there need us,” Burke explained.