Fire at Riverton City dump
Plumes of smoke are now billowing from the Riverton City dump in St Andrew as a fire rages at the disposal site.
The National Solid Waste Management Authority (NSWMA), assisted by the Jamaica Fire Brigade (JFB), is currently working to put out the blaze.
In a statement Wednesday,the NSWMA said it was alerted to a fire at the facility at approximately 10:30 am. The JFB was subsequently notified and four units were dispatched to the site.
Executive Director of the NSWMA, Audley Gordon, said teams on the ground are working assiduously to extinguish the fire and smother the smoke by nightfall.
“We activated the usual protocols when we were alerted, and the Fire Brigade joined us quickly on the scene. Cover material (soil) is stockpiled at all our facilities, so we have enough material at the location to help us combat this blaze and return the facility to normality in the shortest possible time,” Gordon stated.
