Medicine Hat Landfill Fire

The Medicine Hat landfill will reduce its hours of operations in an effort to curb operating costs the utility department announced Thursday.

Medicine hat landfill fire. The Canadian Press CP. Several fire engines and two departments responded to a fire at the Medicine Hat landfill site beyond Veinerville over the long weekend. Of the 25 homes that were issued a voluntary evacuation order yesterday nine homes in the immediate area are now under mandatory evacuation.

MEDICINE HAT Alberta Health Services has expanded its air quality advisory to include the City of Medicine Hat after shifting winds caused smoke from a nearby landfill fire to drift into the city late Thursday. A stubborn fire at a private landfill a few kilometres east of Medicine Hat continues to burn with Alberta Health officials on the way to measure air quality. A fire at a landfill nine kilometres east of Medicine Hat is now under control the local fire chief says.

Medicine Hat AB 482014 Following a prolonged landfill fire in the Medicine Hat area the Alberta government has issued an environmental protection order EPO and suspended the landfill registration of Westar Landfill Ltd. Officials say they are finally ready to start trying to extinguish a landfill fire that has spewed toxic smoke into Medicine Hat Alta. 25 2013 Medicine Hat Alta.

The fire at the Westar Landfill about 8 km east of Medicine Hat near the junction of highways 41 and 41A began Wednesday. It was a hot compost pile that was smouldering and so our crews along with Cypress County crews took the pile apart with the high-hoe unit and wet it all down and extinguished it said Brain Stauth fire chief with the Medicine Hat Fire. 2013 Westar Landfill Fire Medicine Hat Keywords.

For disposal in the landfill the Waste Management Facility accepts. The cost of the fire is now nearing 2 million. The company voluntarily ceased operation after the fire was extinguished.

Fire Fighting in Canada This Week July 02 2021 - July 2 2021. Westar Landfill Medicine Hat 2013 Fire. An appeal by the owners of Westar was dealt with in.