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Alvo scrap yard shrinks mountain of tires, but still not in compliance

PAUL HAMMEL Omaha World-Herald Check out the growth of the tire pile in Alvo, Nebraska, since May 2016 via Google Earth timelapse photos. ALVO — A mountain of scrap tires in a small, southeast Nebraska village that raised fears about an uncontrollable fire and health hazards appears to be shrinking, but it has not yet come into full compliance with orders from state fire and environmental regulators. The operators of the tire recycling business, B-Rose Tire Recycling and its affiliate, LAL Enterprises, signed legal agreements earlier this year to reduce the tire pile by July 1 to 240,000 passenger tire equivalents (PTEs), which is a calculation of the car, truck and tractor tires collected.

Nebraska town worried by mountain of tires

Massive pile of old tires Alvo, Nebraska puts residents on edge

Massive pile of old tires Alvo, Nebraska puts residents on edge Tara Campbell © Provided by Omaha WOWT WOWT OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - A massive pile of old tires is putting residents of Alvo, Nebraska on edge, threatening to wipe out the town if it were to catch on fire. “It’s just been a mess over there,” said Dennis Tempelmeyer, who’s been trying for a few years to get something done about the pile. At one point there were more than 320,000 tires piled up in the town, that’s more double what it’s supposed to be. “If that ever catches fire, the fire marshal says they can’t put it out,” said Tempelmeyer. “You’ll have to evacuate the town.”

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