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

The compacted trash is not usually on the top deck where it could fall overboard, he said. A Navy crew planned to pick up the trash from the beaches, Brown said. ___ ...

MARBLEHEAD — What appears to have been a case of spontaneous combustion caused by compacted trash brought most of the town’s Fire Department to the Woodfin Terrace transfer station about 10:30 ...

The driver spotted the woman stuck inside and called 911. By then, the driver "had reportedly compacted the garbage up to four times," the Manchester Fire Department said in a news release.