Salt Lake Waste Fire Sends Smoke Billowing

Salt Lake Waste Fire Sends Smoke Billowing


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(KSL News) -- A fire at the human waste disposal area of the Salt Lake City landfill sent a huge plume of black smoke billowing into the sky this evening.

Investigators believe it spontaneously ignited from the methane gas around the area. There was no real damage, it just caused a lot of smoke and fire for a few minutes.

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