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Firefighters respond to fire at landscape business in Wickliffe; Amtrak passengers stranded due to fire

Wickliffe Fire - Green Vision Materials
Posted at 6:42 AM, Dec 17, 2023
and last updated 2023-12-17 10:11:24-05

The Wickliffe Fire Department confirms that a fire started early Sunday morning at Green Vision Materials on E. 289th St.

Fire - Wickliffe
Firefighters are at a business fire at Green Vision Materials in Wickliffe

According to its website, Green Vision Materials supplies premier landscape materials to residential and commercial properties, municipalities, and contractors in the Chagrin Valley, Solon, Newbury, Chesterland, and the Northeast Ohio area.

The website states the main office is in Newbury, Ohio, and the Wickliffe location handles retail sales and yard waste disposal.

According to Amtrak, trains from Cleveland to Erie are delayed due to the smoke from the fire. Passengers on an Amtrak right near the fire have been stranded for hours.

As of 10 a.m., the two trains that were stuck are moving.

News 5 is working to gather more information and will have updates online and on Good Morning Cleveland- Sunday starting at 8 a.m.

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