Crime & Safety
Small Fire Outside Target Extinguished
The incident in the trash compactor happened Thursday night.
Target was evacuated Thursday night due to a small fire in an outside trash compactor, fire officials said today.
The building's sprinkler system extinguished the fire, which was reported at the retail store, at 330 Turnpike Road, at 8:36 p.m., Westborough Fire Capt. Joe Lawrence said today.
The fire was confined to the trash compactor, which is located in back of one of the shipping docks, Lawrence said.
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"We pulled it away from the building," he said.
"Everything worked the way it had to."
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