2:30 p.m. UPDATE: One eastbound lane of E. Wade Hampton Boulevard near Biblebrook Dr. is still closed (toward Spartanburg), so please continue to avoid that area if you can. Both westbound lanes toward Greenville are open. If you must drive through there, please be patient and use extra caution.
Greer Fire and Police Departments and several other agencies responded to help with the fire at South Carolina Waste Management just outside the city limits this morning.
1:45 pm. UPDATE: Both westbound lanes of E. Wade Hampton Boulevard toward Greenville are back open after a fire shut down the roadway at Biblebrook Dr. earlier this morning.
One eastbound lane toward Spartanburg is now open, and the fire is out. Drivers can still expect delays in the area around SC Waste Management where the fire started around 9:00 this morning.
Continue to avoid the area if you can, but if you have to get anywhere near there, please be patient and use extra caution. Public safety teams are still out there working.
1:00 p.m. UPDATE: The fire at SC Waste Management is now out, but E. Wade Hampton Blvd. is still shut down in the area. We're told there are no air quality concerns at this time. Spartanburg County HazMat and Emergency Management are working to get the site cleaned up. Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office is investigating the fire.
ORIGINAL NEWS STORY:
The Greer Fire and Police Departments are among several agencies responding to a large fire on E. Wade Hampton Boulevard at Biblebrook Drive and Valentine Lane. The public should avoid this area.
Wade Hampton Boulevard is shut down in all directions in the area around South Carolina Waste Management, an environmental services company that collects used oil and other materials that require specialized disposal.
We ask drivers to use Arlington Road on the west side of the fire and Gap Creek Road on the east side as safer alternative routes.