Local NewsNews Update: Fire at Mangrove Landfill by Sandy Deane 03/02/2020 written by Sandy Deane 03/02/2020 1 min read A+A- Reset Share FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail 304 Thick, black smoke continues to billow from burning tyres at the Mangrove landfill in St Thomas but the Sanitation Service Authority (SSA) has given an assurance that residents downwind of the hill top dump are in no immediate danger. In a brief update, SSA spokesman Carl Padmore said an SSA team is still trying to clear a path to the heart of the fire, which reportedly started just after 6.00 a.m. He said: “We believe that by evening that we should have it under control.” Padmore said that the smoke was a result of burning tyres and that there was no need to panic. But he added that a team of firefighters from the Fire Service was on standby. Waste haulers were also transporting topsoil to the landfill in a bid to contain the fire, Padmore said Sandy Deane You may also like Student entrepreneurs shine at Mr Executive Market Day 14/12/2025 UWI economist raises fresh concerns over Economic Diversification Bill 14/12/2025 Clash of views over Economic Diversification and Growth Fund Bill 14/12/2025
