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Saturday, March 15, 2025

UPDATE: Beetham landfill fire extinguished

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Kejan Haynes
692 days ago
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Mounds of garbage at the Beetham Landfill site.

Mounds of garbage at the Beetham Landfill site.

Kerwin Pierre

SWM­COL says the fire at the Beetham Land­fill site has been ex­tin­guished.

The com­pa­ny apol­o­gised for all in­con­ve­nience caused be­cause of the in­ter­mit­tent smoke ear­li­er to­day.

“We take this op­por­tu­ni­ty to thank the Trinidad and To­ba­go Fire Ser­vices and SWM­COL’s emer­gency man­age­ment

team for their ef­forts in ex­tin­guish­ing the fire,” the com­pa­ny said in a re­lease.

Fires in the land­fill are com­mon and have, in the past, been known to reignite.

Orig­i­nal sto­ry be­low

An­oth­er fire is burn­ing at the Beetham land­fill. Those with health con­di­tions are be­ing asked to take pre­cau­tions be­cause of smoke in the area.

Trinidad and To­ba­go Sol­id Waste Man­age­ment Com­pa­ny Lim­it­ed (SWM­COL) said in a re­lease Ini­tial in­ves­ti­ga­tions re­vealed that the fire is lo­cat­ed at the ac­tive tip­ping area which will re­sult in some de­lay to the com­pa­ny’s op­er­a­tions to­day.

Fires in the land­fill aren’t un­com­mon. A ma­jor fire in the land­fill in April 2022 burned for sev­er­al days af­fect­ing air qual­i­ty in the cap­i­tal.

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