MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — A woman fell into a dumpster while throwing out her garbage and was later rescued from a trash truck that had compacted the contents while she was inside, fire department ...

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When they arrived, firefighters found that the trash hauler had unloaded the compacted trash onto the parking lot after noticing the contents were on fire. Water was applied to the burning pile of ...