A rubbish compactor burst into flames at a Marlborough landfill on Tuesday. The Blenheim Volunteer Fire Brigade was called to a machinery fire at Bluegums Landfill, on the southern outskirts of Blenheim, about noon on Tuesday. Chief fire officer Nigel Botham said the fire was contained to the steel wheel rubbish compactor. SCOTT HAMMOND/STUFF Bluegums Landfill in Blenheim has been closed as a fire crew extinguishes a compactor fire. SCOTT HAMMOND/STUFF A steel wheel compactor flattens rubbish at the Bluegums Landfill in Blenheim.

Source: Stuff February 04, 2019 23:37 UTC