Fire crews remain as dump continues to smoulder
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(CNS): Hopes that the landfill fire in George Town would have been completely extinguished by Monday have been dashed, as firefighters remain at the site, continuing to tackle hot-spots across the smouldering garbage heap. Officials said progress is being made with the top section of the dump capped, smoke at a minimum and many deep pockets of fire put out. But there are still other areas where fires are igniting from deep inside the rubbish pile.
Some seven days after this latest blaze ignited, Chief Fire Officer Paul Walker said the focus remained on extinguishing all of the deep seated pockets of fire, which were caused by the scale, spread and intensity of the original blaze.
“Intensive and meticulous work by crews have helped to minimise the chance of re-ignition,” he said. “The impact on residents, businesses and motorist in the vicinity is now minimal and I expect it to remain that way for the remainder of the week,” he said, as he thanked everyone involved.
Meanwhile, the Department of Environmental Health said it was maintaining the regular collection routes for household waste. Officials there said they hope the landfill site will be operating as normal from the middle to end of this week.
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And what a way for Alden to finish his political career, because believe me it is OVER!
And the plan for the next pile is the same as the current pile. No money for trash as it is being consumed bykeeping Caymanians fed and sheltered.
Well, appears that smoldering dump is not frightening people the way CoVID does.
And it is way scarier than Covid.
Maybe the dump smoke could kill Corona virus:)
Nope. Just will add to death toll eventually.
Cayman is literally a dumpster fire right now.