Landfill fire burns near Scottsdale

Scottsdale residents have been reporting a certain ‘smell’ in the air, and it's the result of a fire in a landfill that started over the weekend.
"I woke up this morning and I opened up the patio door, and I was like, wow," said Craig Mertens. "It just infiltrated the house."
The fire began on Saturday, and according to officials with the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, the fire involved what they described as ‘green waste.’
"When I was stationed in Iraq - it smelled like living next to the burn pits. It was horrible," said Sonya Brekke.
According to the Salt River Landfill's website, green waste includes the following items:
Leaves
Tree branches
Untreated and unpainted lumber
Grass
Plant clippings
While officials with the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community say crews were successful in separating smoldering piles and getting the flames under control, air quality in the area remains a concern.
"I had to really think about walking this morning," said Mertens. "I'm walking tonight. The air is a little bit better. But yeah, it's certainly concerning. I don't really enjoy the smell or breathing this stuff."
At Chaparral Park, people say the air quality was much better than it was when they first woke up. However, there is some concern about what they're breathing in, and for how long.
"I know from experience," said Brekke. "The burn pits next to us in Iraq, a lot of people have sinus issues. A lot of coughing, things like that. So I'm like, ‘oh great, I live next to a burn pit again.’"
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[@tammyjacobson6862]

Strange!!

[@monicasalas810]

Wow Strange...🤔

[@CorgiDaddy]

Now we know how our military 🇺🇸 felt about burn pits. This is probably a small fraction of what they experienced. 😢

[@Mike-cg3yy]

Remember the 70s when the dump was on country club and McKellips it would burn all the time

[@eltigremadre]

So why did they set the landfill on fire? Is it because the indigenous peoples were calling for them to check the landfills? Always seems like someone's doing something wrong. This fire has caused us to get sick. Coughing asthma attacks problems always whenever someone sets these fires.

[@TheRealdal]

Spontaneous combustion happens. I’ve seen it happen right in front of my eyes with the heat and the right combination of organic material stacked.

[@davidbarton2788]

That happens when you barie stuff that will burn

[@mlang20]

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[@F5_cena]

Cancer air

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All these fires are on purpose

[@TheRealdal]

Quit with the conspiracy theories. 🙄