KINGSTON, Jamaica, April 13 2015 – The Jamaica Fire Brigade says a “big” fire is now raging at the Riverton City dump in St Andrew.
Emeleo Ebanks, the brigade’s public relations officer, says three units are now responding to the blaze.
He says the fire is restricted to a tyre cell and that it was “pretty big”
Ebanks says details such as how and when the fire started are yet to be determined.
This latest fire comes 12 days after Local Government Minister Noel Arscott declared that Jamaica will never see another major fire at the dump.
Last month, a fire at the dump caused a national emergency and disrupted commercial and school activities in sections of the Corporate Area, St Catherine and Clarendon.
Health officials also reported test results revealing the presence of the cancer-causing chemicals in the air.
