Residents dwelling close to the Brady Street dump could expertise smoke within the space for a while.
The town of Winnipeg stories that fireplace brigades responded to the landfill fireplace simply after 5 p.m. Tuesday. Firefighters discovered three compost heaps burning.
The piles are roughly 90 meters lengthy, 12 meters huge and 4 meters excessive.
Compost fires can burn for lengthy durations of time and are normally fought by landfill employees, metropolis officers mentioned. The piles are normally coated with earth to place out the flames.
Crews battled the smoker for seven hours utilizing a number of strategies, all of which proved ineffective, whereas excessive winds blew the smoke in direction of town.
Firefighters left the scene whereas workers continued to extinguish the hearth, however smoke will stay an issue till the fires are totally extinguished, town mentioned.
Firefighters will return if the flames intensify or unfold. The reason for the hearth is at present unknown.
No hurt completed.
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