Kimball City Attorney and Marion County Attorney Billy GougerKIMBALL, Tenn. — Residents who live behind a local wrecker service believe that business may be posing a threat to the environment, and they’ve brought those complaints to the Kimball Board of Mayor and Aldermen.
Alderman Johnny Sisk said residents behind Monteagle Wrecker Service of Kimball along U.S. Highway 41 are having problems with the smashed vehicles that are towed to the property.
He said nearby citizens reported an overwhelming smell coming from a wrecked tractor-trailer stored there, as well as oil and other fluids leaking out onto the ground from a damaged 18-wheeler.
“One had meat or something on it, and oh, God, it stunk,” one resident told the board.
“The way I understand it, there’s an underground spring that runs through there,” Sisk said. “With stuff in the truck, like meat and stuff like that, just the smell is something that could be hazardous.”