Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Boone County settles with Northwest Pallet over mulch fire - Rockford, IL - Rockford Register Star

By Jennifer Wheeler

Northwest Pallet Supply, which stored the mulch, must pay $4,500 to Boone County for the amount of overtime accrued by Sheriff’s Department deputies during the fire. The business had previously donated $16,000 to the Boone County Fire Protection District No. 2.

Northwest Pallet Supply also agreed to release any right to occupy the property in the future for storing or manufacturing mulch.

“The settlement considers the safety and welfare of the adjacent neighborhood. The property has been cleared of over an estimated 1,100 semi-truck loads of mulch,”

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