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A huge blaze at a landfill site in Staffordshire was likely caused by a battery, the fire service has said. Flames broke out in an area of waste at Walleys Quarry in Silverdale, Newcastle-under ...
Silverdale is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme in Staffordshire, west of Newcastle-under-Lyme. It is a self contained ward of Newcastle Borough Council returning 2 Councillors. Historically, the village was dominated by the coal industry and records indicate coal was mined in the area as long ago as the 13th ...
Subsurface landfill fires also, unlike a typical fire, are difficult to put out with water unless an overhaul operation is undertaken. They are similar to coal seam fires and peat fires . Oxygen intrusion control is the best method to prevent and fight subsurface landfill fires as long as the fire fighting team can be confident that all air ...
The letter describes "a fire of unknown origin [starting] on or about June 25, 1962, during a period of unusually hot weather". This may refer to the hypothesis of spontaneous combustion being the reason for the start of the landfill fire, a hypothesis accepted for many years by state and federal officials. [7]
As an underground fire burns deep within Chiquita Canyon Landfill, air regulators are raising alarms over the possible spread of toxic vapors.
A fire that prompted mandatory evacuations Friday near the Placer County town of Newcastle has been stopped at nine acres, authorities said. Forward progress was stopped on the Lehi Fire just ...
Unusual chemical reactions at L.A. County's two largest landfills raise serious questions about the region's long-standing approach to waste disposal.
The site was a gravel pit in the 1960s, and subsequently used for landfill from 1967 to 1971. [3] Planning permission was granted in 2000 to convert the area to community woodland. Since that time, a large amount of waste has been deposited without authorisation. [ 3 ]