HERE IN A COUPLE OF MINUTES. ERIN. VICTORIA. THANK YOU. WE’RE CONTINUING COVERAGE OF BREAKING NEWS THIS AFTERNOON. RIGHT NOW, CREWS ARE AT THE SCENE OF A FIRE AT THE PICKENS COUNTY LANDFILL. CAITLIN ASHBAUGH IS AT THE SCENE WITH THE LATEST. WE’RE CURRENTLY AT PICKENS COUNTY LANDFILL. YOU CAN SEE BEHIND ME THAT SMOKE IS BILLOWING UP IN THE SKY. AND WE COULD SEE THIS FROM SEVERAL MILES DOWN THE ROAD. WE’RE TOLD. COUNTY FIRE CHIEF BILLY GIBSON SAYS THIS CALL CAME IN AROUND 1105 TODAY. RIGHT NOW, THAT’S ABOUT AN HOUR PAST. THEY SAY IT’S CURRENTLY HAPPENING AT THE SCRAP METAL PART OF THE LANDFILL ON OLD LIBERTY ROAD. HERE YOU CAN SEE THAT PLUME OF SMOKE THAT’S FLOWING IN THE AIR. IT WILL TAKE A WHILE TO EXTINGUISH, WE’RE TOLD, BY THE CHIEF, BUT WE ARE TOLD ALSO THAT NO ONE WAS HURT IN THIS INCIDENT. OF COURSE, WE’LL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON WHAT’S GOING ON. ON WYFF NEW
UPDATE: The fire at Pickens County Landfill has been extinguished, according to Pickens County Fire Chief Billy Gibson. Crews will continue to work on a few leftover hot spots.Multiple fire departments responded to a fire at the Pickens County landfill on Monday.According to Pickens County Fire Chief Billy Gibson, crews responded to a fire at the landfill on Old Liberty Road shortly after 11 a.m.The fire is located in the scrap metal part of the landfill.Gibson said no injuries have been reported, but the fire will take a while to extinguish.
PICKENS COUNTY, S.C. —
UPDATE: The fire at Pickens County Landfill has been extinguished, according to Pickens County Fire Chief Billy Gibson. Crews will continue to work on a few leftover hot spots.
Multiple fire departments responded to a fire at the Pickens County landfill on Monday.
According to Pickens County Fire Chief Billy Gibson, crews responded to a fire at the landfill on Old Liberty Road shortly after 11 a.m.
The fire is located in the scrap metal part of the landfill.
Gibson said no injuries have been reported, but the fire will take a while to extinguish.