The very large Iowa city landfill fire that has been going on for a week and a half has become a cause of yet another problem for the city and the residents around the location of the landfill.
The landfill is producing a petroleum-based product that is very highly combustible as a byproduct of the fire from the fuel that it has been burning.
The oil first began to appear and was collected and stored in another area of the landfill until more appropriate decisions about how to dispose of the product would be made. Now, the product has become a major problem.
The oil was being stored effectively through collection systems and placed into a lagoon in the corner of the landfill. Between 100,000 and 150,000 gallons of the oil have been stored at this point.
It has already been discovered that storing the oil in the lagoon is not a very good idea for a long period of time because of the simple fact that it is combustible.
Because of this, the oil is being shipped out for incineration and stored on the site in tanks for safe storage. This will help reduce the risk of containing such a large amount of oil in the open air.
The problem is that this will cost as much as it will take to put out the fire in the landfill to completely remove the oil and it will be a very slow process. According to kcrg.com's previous news, the effort to put out the fire would cost near $100,000.
The oil being stored during this very slow effort is combustible still, so there is a risk of another, unrelated fire breaking out, but efforts have been made already to make sure that the oil is not at risk from catching due to the landfill fire itself.
The landfill is producing a petroleum-based product that is very highly combustible as a byproduct of the fire from the fuel that it has been burning.
The oil first began to appear and was collected and stored in another area of the landfill until more appropriate decisions about how to dispose of the product would be made. Now, the product has become a major problem.
The oil was being stored effectively through collection systems and placed into a lagoon in the corner of the landfill. Between 100,000 and 150,000 gallons of the oil have been stored at this point.
It has already been discovered that storing the oil in the lagoon is not a very good idea for a long period of time because of the simple fact that it is combustible.
Because of this, the oil is being shipped out for incineration and stored on the site in tanks for safe storage. This will help reduce the risk of containing such a large amount of oil in the open air.
The problem is that this will cost as much as it will take to put out the fire in the landfill to completely remove the oil and it will be a very slow process. According to kcrg.com's previous news, the effort to put out the fire would cost near $100,000.
The oil being stored during this very slow effort is combustible still, so there is a risk of another, unrelated fire breaking out, but efforts have been made already to make sure that the oil is not at risk from catching due to the landfill fire itself.
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