Beetham landfill fire extinguished; site reopened

A fire which broke out at the Beetham Land­fill on Fri­day has been ex­tin­guished and the site was ex­pect­ed to open with nor­mal op­er­at­ing hours to­day.

The Trinidad and To­ba­go Sol­id Waste Man­age­ment Com­pa­ny Lim­it­ed (SWM­COL) said crews suc­cess­ful­ly put out the blaze which be­gan on March 13.

The com­pa­ny con­tin­ues work to ad­dress resid­ual smoke at the land­fill, which may in­ter­mit­tent­ly af­fect near­by com­mu­ni­ties.

Mo­torists and com­muters have been urged to ex­er­cise cau­tion when trav­el­ling along the Beetham High­way and sur­round­ing ar­eas due to pos­si­ble smoke.

SWM­COL said the fa­cil­i­ty will main­tain its reg­u­lar op­er­at­ing hours from Mon­day.

The com­pa­ny apol­o­gised for any in­con­ve­nience and said it re­mains com­mit­ted to the safe op­er­a­tion of the land­fill.