Firefighters battled a blaze in Waupaca on Tuesday afternoon.
The fire broke out just past 3 pm at Manufacturers’ Pallet Disposal on Industrial Drive. Assistant Fire Chief Chuck Witman says it was sparked when the motor caught fire on a front end loader. When firefighters arrived, the loader was fully engulfed in flames. Those flames spread to piles of sawdust and wood chips behind the plant. The front end loader, which is used to transfer wood chips onto trucks, was a total loss. No one was injured.