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

The nearly two-week-long garbage strike impacting thousands of homes and businesses across the Bay Area is all but over after the waste disposal company and union workers struck a tentative contract deal.

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.

Teamsters say Republic Services is "unwilling to offer workers good wages." Republic Services says these claims belong "in the trash."

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

Nearly record-high temperatures and a regional trash strike have left piles of uncollected garbage rotting in Seattle's suburbs. Why it matters: Some residents say the "Big Stink" is now drifting into Seattle as the strike involving about 2,