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re: Update on landfill fire just east of Birmingham (re-updated Jan 11)
Posted on 1/7/23 at 10:26 am to Diseasefreeforall
Posted on 1/7/23 at 10:26 am to Diseasefreeforall
When I was a field rep one of the industrial landfill customers I called on had a tire fire. It broke out on a Saturday night and they had it put out by the next afternoon. They did it by using a Cat D6T dozer and 349 excavator to smother the fire with dirt brought up to the top of the landfill by their fleet of 740 articulated trucks. They’re supposed to be trained to handle this sort of thing. Not sure why this landfill can’t get this fire put out.
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Posted on 1/7/23 at 10:35 am to Darth_Vader
That’s if the fire is on or near the surface.
If it’s a C&D landfill without gas vents and there is a lot of gas being generated + high temps down in the cell a fire can start. It’s poor landfill management on the operators end.
If you try to dig down to where the fire is - which is already burning in a low oxygen environment, you’re going to introduce oxygen and boom the fire becomes much larger theoretically.
This is why landfills typically aren’t allowed to accept tires, shingles etc - but it happens all the time.
If it’s a C&D landfill without gas vents and there is a lot of gas being generated + high temps down in the cell a fire can start. It’s poor landfill management on the operators end.
If you try to dig down to where the fire is - which is already burning in a low oxygen environment, you’re going to introduce oxygen and boom the fire becomes much larger theoretically.
This is why landfills typically aren’t allowed to accept tires, shingles etc - but it happens all the time.
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