Smith County Landfill Catches Fire

April 17, 2016

(Smith County Insider Press) Carthage, Tenn. – Around 4:00 pm on Sunday afternoon, April 17, authorities received a report of black smoke coming from the Smith County Landfill.

As authorities arrived on scene, they found more than one acre of the landfill on fire. Firefighters began spraying the fire with water and landfill employees began using bulldozers to push dirt over the fire to smother it. Firefighters had to refill their trucks multiple times.

The blaze could be seen from as far as Lebanon and Gallatin. The Landfill is located at 370 Kennedy Road in Carthage.

The cause of the fire is still unknown.

Approximately 15 counties use the Smith County Landfill.

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