Area fire departments have been battling a fire all night at a scrap metal recycling center in Auglaize County. Cridersville Fire Department was called out to B and G Auto Recycling just after 11 p.m. Thursday night. The fire was at the rear of the facility, where there were old buses and plastics located. The fire was seen from above the trees. Thirteen departments from Auglaize, Allen, and Shelby counties responded with tankers and manpower. Wapakoneta and Shawnee Township had aerial trucks hit the fire from above.

Putnam County is changing the way their recycling is sorted. The county has decided to move their recycling center just a few steps behind the existing one. Vincent Schroeder, a Putnam County Commissioner, says this is an effort to become more cost-efficient by cutting down on the labor needed and reducing truck traffic.