A contract worker was hospitalized after a fire broke out at the Leduc and District Regional Waste Management Facility Saturday night.

Leduc County Fire Services said in a news release Sunday firefighters responded to the call at 8:20 p.m. Crews arrived on scene and worked to contain the fire, which spread rapidly due to strong winds.

Initial efforts by on-site staff to control the fire were unsuccessful, according to the waste management facility, located at 49444 Range Road 244 in Leduc County.

"The site manager and two other operators attempted to put the fire out with soils and the regular process they've been trained on," said Lee Harris, director of operations for the facility.

"That didn't work, so the fire got out of control. There were really strong winds yesterday which infla

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