BRIGHTON - Multiple fire departments have responded to a massive fire at MAW Salvage at 1020 Fosterburg Road in Brighton Tuesday morning.

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The fire is reportedly contained in a big salvage pile at the facility. The fire call came in at about 9 a.m. Alton Fire Department has a ladder truck on the scene.

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Fosterburg, Alton, Brighton, Godfrey, Dorsey, Medora, Jerseyville, QEM, Staunton, Shipman and Bunker Hill fire departments are there and Alton Memorial Ambulance are at the scene.

MAW Salvage is a family owned scrap business started by Mike and Audrey Wolff and in 2010 passed to sons, Nathan, Paul and Thomas. A second yard has also been opened in Hardin.

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Dan Brannan also contributed to this story.

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