Responding firefighters were met with heavy flames that caused a “significant risk” to the nearby building, according to officials.

State leaders urge Republic Services to finalize contract with striking Teamsters as uncollected garbage piles up in Massachusetts communities and other states across the country.

The work stoppage pitting Republic Services against the Teamsters has gone from a headache to a public health risk, Gov. Maura Healey said Thursday.

It’s bad enough to imagine the unsightly, unhealthy, stinking-to-high-heaven fallout from a garbage workers’ strike in mid-summer in hot and humid Boston. But, well, Boston is 3,000 miles from

Canton’s U-12 softball team is capitalizing on the ongoing trash strike to raise funds for their upcoming regional games in Connecticut.

With his trash can in tow, rigged to a wagon on the back of his motorized wheelchair, Adam Elsbernd said he traveled nearly two miles to toss his trash at 2 a.m. to beat the daytime heat.

Americans across the country are seeing trash pile up as workers in numerous cities are striking or observing picket lines.