Residents living near the Brady Road landfill may experience smoke in the area for some of the day.
The city of Winnipeg says fire crews responded to a fire at the landfill just after 5 p.m. on Tuesday. Firefighters found three compost piles ablaze.
The piles are approximately 90 metres long, 12 metres wide and four metres high.
Compost fires can burn for long periods of time and are usually dealt with by landfill employees, the city said. Soil is typically poured on the piles to smother the flames.
Crews battled the smoulder for seven hours using multiple techniques, all of which proved ineffective, while high winds pushed smoke toward the city.
Firefighters left the scene while employees continued to work to smother the fire, but smoke will continue to be an issue until the fires are fully extinguished, the city said.
Firefighters will return if the flames worsen or spread. The cause of the fire is currently unknown.
No one was hurt.
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