Keep Salem Beautiful Coordinator Jane Marshall says the city's recycling center on the county's parking lot off North Broadway and Schwartz Street will be closed this week following an early Monday morning fire. Marshall says the trailer housing the recycling containers is being aired out and will have to be power washed before it is put back into service. Salem Police noticed the fire shortly before two am and called the fire department. Firemen say the cardboard inside the metal trailer that houses the recycling center had been set on fire. The blaze destroyed some of the plastic containers housing the recycled materials and scorched some of the outside paint. No one was seen around the center before the fire was discovered. Salem Police and Fire officials are investigating. Marshall says she's frustrated with the action, but says the recycling center will return. She notes all of the recycled materials that were in the bins will have to be thrown out because it is contaminated with the smoke smell. - http://goo.gl/aSny3
