LANDFILL FIRE

• Fire breaks out at GFL landfill west of Edmonton

  A fire broke out at the GFL Waste Management landfill on the west side of Edmonton, in an area of the dump that contains a mix of construction and demolition waste.

  Fire

  Nov 10, 2025
  
• Crews battle ‘football field’-sized fire at landfill near London, Ont.

  Roughly 25 firefighters were dispatched to the landfill on Manning Drive around 6:15 a.m. Wednesday.

  Canada

  Jun 30, 2021
  
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• Kamloops fire crews battle massive scrapyard blaze generating toxic smoke

  Residents were being told to stay out of the area, as the large plume of smoke the fire generated was potentially highly toxic.

  Fire

  Feb 27, 2021
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• Poor visibility hampers response efforts to Penticton landfill fire

  The fire had grown to a significant size before it was first reported by witnesses.

  Sep 14, 2020
• Spontaneous combustion sparks fire at Sicamous landfill

  Fire started in wood chip pile, then spread to nearby wood waste pile.

  Fire

  Jun 1, 2019
• Fire at Nova Scotia landfill under control

  A fire that broke out at the Greenfield Landfill early Sunday morning was under control by 1 p.m.

  Canada

  Jul 24, 2016
• Katepwa questioning province on response to landfill fire

  Mayor Fred Weekley says local officials never got a hard answer from the province on how to snuff out the blaze.

  Canada

  Apr 1, 2014
• WATCH: Fire rips through Vernon landfill

  Fire crews are actively attacking a blaze burning at the Vernon landfill.

  Aug 20, 2013