POLAND -- The Poland fire chief is giving credit more than 100 firefighters from surrounding towns for putting out a hard-to-control blaze at a mulch plant.

The fire at the Jolly Gardener plant on Route 122 in Poland started Sunday and was hard to extinguish because it spread deep into piles of mulch on the property.

By the time the fire was brought under control yesterday, it had covered more than a dozen acres and destroyed several buildings.

About 100 firefighters from more than 20 surrounding communities responded to calls for assistance.