Fire crews still on site as dump continues to burn
(CNS): Firefighters are still at the George Town landfill, as there are now five more spots that are smouldering across the operational and open area of the dump. The Cayman Islands Fire Service carried out an assessment Thursday morning and identified these five additional areas of concern. The crews are expected to remain on site until further notice and regular assessments will be conducted as damping operations continue to prevent more flare-ups. CIFS crews have been there consistently since the major fire on Sunday night, which the Department of Environmental Health believes was caused by batteries that were mixed in with household waste.
The open garbage area of the dump has seen numerous small and larger fires over the last few weeks as all of the rubbish collected from across the island is being dumped in one area while Dart continues the remediation work on the rest of the dump.
More than $20 million has been set aside to continue the remediation of the dump, though discussions on the next major part of the ReGen project for the waste-to energy facility have not concluded. Premier Wayne Panton has taken over this project from the health ministry, placing it under his Ministry of Sustainability and Climate Resiliency.
Speaking in Finance Committee this week, Panton said that negotiations over this part of the project continue and he was not yet in a position to talk about the status publicly. However, he said that government was committed to seeing it through.
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soon you’ll be paying dart your light bill to burn this stuff as well. garbage.
So, DEH is AGAIN warning the public about depositing derelict cars with batteries still in them. Clearly some members of the public don’t know that or don’t care. So doesn’t DEH have a process in place to verify that every car in the landfill is battery-free?
Eventually, rising sea levels will extinguish that fire forever.
won’t happen in our lifetime
Glad you don’t care about the next generation.
Making assumptions is not a good personal trait.
If to follow your “logic”, next generation can’t live on a submerged island
8:38 am yes in 1,000 years or more sea level will put out the fires for good.Butthat a long time wait.
Dream in Cayman by the Dump’s fire
Don’t forget about Christmas attire
Just relax and don’t feel dire
Though cancer is not your desire
There is a big reason CIG always fail to fix anything and that thing can not be fixed with and just grows bigger with money.
You know if government stop the vapes these fire wouldn’t occur ,people throw these after the oil it dry up think about no joke these thing can blow up
While Wayne fiddles.
Chestnuts roasting on an open dump fire
Toxic smoke stinging your nose
Blue iguana dreams being spun by a DoT choir
And a lone desperate fireman with a hose
Chestnuts roasting on an open dump fire
Toxic smoke makes your lungs drier and drier
DoT choir is a liar
One can’t dream near burning tire
🔥🔜💣🔜🧯🔜⚰️➕ 🪦🔚
Cancers thrive in the toxic fumes from the fire
Therefore I can’t happily retire
For the risk of ending up in a pyre
Therefore Cayman Dream is not my desire.
Lonely fireman putting out Dump’s fire
Hazmat suit his boss won’t require
Life insurance he won’t acquire
For saving money is his desire
I am Dreaming of a stinky Christmas
Just like the ones I used to know
Where Dump’s ember glisten and the stench risen
Causing frightening Dreams to flow
I like big dumps and I cannot lie
You PACT guys can’t deny
That when the trucks roll in all full of garbage
flames all up in your face
You get sprung
yep…not featured on their tourism ads for some reason.
we are caymankind.
Never mind splashing out 40 million on tourism promotion and 21 million on saving 7-mile beach.. use the money to fix this mess! It is an utter disgrace. How can we advertise ourselves and an island paradise when we cant process our own garbage. CIG you need to get your priorities straight!
Why fire officers? Seriously? Think about it! Perhaps 1 to supervise, but this damping down should be left to less trained DEH employees operating pumps connected to open sources of water that surround the landfill. The Fire Service can be on call. There is no need to stretch the Fire Service and its equipment with this kind of activity. This crap is being milked to generate generous overtime and is but one part of the government’s propensity to waste public funds.
Tourism stipend recipients…
Yup. Them too. Value for money – it is OUR money being frittered away.
Fix the damn dump Wayne!
But I thought Alden had a press conference before the election that things were well underway to fix the dump? An agreement had been made.
Did Alden not tell the truth?
PACT is now in charge. So why blame PPM?
8 years did nothing!
6:10, Because Joey and Alden said fixin the dump was a done deal.
That’s why I am blaming the PPM.
Can somebody tell me what agreement Alden made before the election on the dump? I clearly remember it was presented as a done deal and I voted for Joey as a result.
Was I taken to the cleaners by Joey and Alden?
Wayne, and PACT FFS let Dart finish the job. You pausing this is tantamount to neglect if not murder.
Criminal negligence!
Ok any lawyer willing to take this on bcos personally cannot afford to pay but refuse to live here much longer in my own home inhaling this toxicity. It is criminal! Cayman we are too soft with these criminals bcos that’s what they are.
simping for dart to take control of our energy production