Fire crews back at burning dump
(CNS) UPDATED: Government officials said the Cayman Islands Fire Service was back at the George Town dump at around 7pm on Tuesday evening, attending to “an incident” after “open flames were observed from the top of the landfill”. Officials have now confirmed that they don’t believe this fire was connected to one on Monday probably caused when a lithium battery was compacted into the general garbage.
On Tuesday evening officials said there was “limited impact from smoke to surrounding residents and businesses”, but gave no details of how the blaze had ignited.
In the meantime, it was reported that the fire service has been working hard with staff from the Department of Environmental Health to extinguish the fire. “They will remain on scene to excavate and damp down surrounding area to reduce the chance of re-ignition,” the release stated.
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Fitting end to Joey’s political career. Also up in flames.
Maybe they could make it easier for Joe Public to dispose of those batteries. I don’t have a problem recycling, but I’m pretty sure ALOT of others don’t bother.
There were many attempts to organize battery recycling in Cayman. This is from 2010 (unfortunately Compass blocks access to even archived articles):
Battery recycling sparks interest – Cayman Compass http://www.caymancompass.com › Local
Oct 11, 2010 — electronics stores are joining a campaign to recycle rechargeable batteries. … Lyle Phipps, who is spearheading the campaign, said he hopes …
I am interested to know if electronic stores that were joining the campaign…are still in the game…
Lyle Phipps has been living in the US for several years now successfully running his professional services firm.
It was our Minister that suggested that “what the dump needed was a Proper Burn”…said it right in Parliament. Choice of words for an Environment Minister.
Chernobyl area would look ecologically pristine compared to what happens to Grand Cayman in the case of a “proper” burn. It would turn into a wasteland every inch of which would be saturated with dioxins and furans. . The rock then would have to be condemned and its entire population evacuated for good. Marine life around the island would get contaminated as well.
I hope what you are saying is not true.
Every inch of every surface, including flora and fauna, sand grains, soil particles, human cells will be contaminated with toxic, live destroying chemicals.
I hope somebody is monitoring health of residents in the condo complex across the Dump. Its buildings were never decontaminated of soot and other fire byproducts from the last year fire.
Open the border. The dump is more dangerous than covid
Get our illustrious MPs to hold hands gather round the fires in a circle and piss on them. They nurtured the heap, they need to maintain what they helped create.
Somebody wake up “Dwayne The Brain” and tell him the dumps on fire AGAiN🔥
He too busy! He gone fishinin, for wotes dat is.
On his donkey.
The highest point on Grand Cayman right?
It reminds me of India and the community garbage pits found everywhere.
Are the Indian community garbage pits always on fire?
Would it not remind you more of a central landfill that is found generally across the world? smh
Oh ffs, isn’t this how 2020 started off..??
Well, first an earthquake than the fires. Or was the quake sandwiched between fires? Move the dump
10.00pm and 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019, started off and ended up.
Almost 1 year ago (Jan 24th) we had the first fire of 2020.
HAAAAAAAAAAAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOUUUUUUUUUUU
HAAAAAAAAAAAPPY BIRTHDAT TO YOU
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR CAYMAN ISLANDS DUMP
HAAAAAAAAAAAPPY BIRTHDAT TO YOU
Anybody seen or heard from Joey lately?
Nope. He has been busy at brunch.
CIG project. The largest compose pile in the world.