The Nanoose Volunteer Fire Department were called Tuesday morning to douse a blaze after a load of trash inside a semi-trailer caught fire at the Parksville weigh station.
The trash came from the transfer station on Church Road and was being moved to the Cedar landfill in Nanaimo.
Smoke was seen coming out of the trailer and the smell of burning plastic filled the air.
An excavator was used to haul out the contents of the trailer, allowing firefighters to hose everything down.
Oceanside RCMP members were on hand to inform people of the danger of inhaling the smoke also to direct traffic.
NVFD chief Doug Penny said what caused the fire remains undetermined.
B次元官网网址淚tB次元官网网址檚 hard to say,B次元官网网址� said Penny. B次元官网网址淚t could be a simple as a battery, it could be spontaneous combustion of some products, it could be electrical.B次元官网网址�
READ MORE:
Fire crews spent approximately 90 minutes dousing the trash and checking for hot spots. Penny said when dealing with garbage, itB次元官网网址檚 hard to gauge the danger.
B次元官网网址淚t could be anything,B次元官网网址� Penny explained. B次元官网网址淚tB次元官网网址檚 household garbage. ItB次元官网网址檚 whatever people throw in the garbage, whether itB次元官网网址檚 legal or not.B次元官网网址�
Like us on and follow us on
