{"id":364276,"date":"2025-12-22T20:35:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T20:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/364276\/"},"modified":"2025-12-22T20:35:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T20:35:13","slug":"fire-at-pickens-county-landfill-extinguished","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/364276\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire at Pickens County Landfill extinguished"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHERE IN A COUPLE OF MINUTES. ERIN. VICTORIA. THANK YOU. WE\u2019RE 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\u2019RE 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\u2019RE TOLD. COUNTY FIRE CHIEF BILLY GIBSON SAYS THIS CALL CAME IN AROUND 1105 TODAY. RIGHT NOW, THAT\u2019S ABOUT AN HOUR PAST. THEY SAY IT\u2019S CURRENTLY HAPPENING AT THE SCRAP METAL PART OF THE LANDFILL ON OLD LIBERTY ROAD. HERE YOU CAN SEE THAT PLUME OF SMOKE THAT\u2019S FLOWING IN THE AIR. IT WILL TAKE A WHILE TO EXTINGUISH, WE\u2019RE TOLD, BY THE CHIEF, BUT WE ARE TOLD ALSO THAT NO ONE WAS HURT IN THIS INCIDENT. OF COURSE, WE\u2019LL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON WHAT\u2019S GOING ON. ON WYFF NEW\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tUPDATE: 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.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tPICKENS COUNTY, S.C. \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Multiple fire departments responded to a fire at the Pickens County landfill on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aspect-ratio-original lazyload lazyload-in-view\" alt=\"pickens county landfill fire\" title=\"Pickens County Landfill fire\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/img-6842-69497634e152b.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The fire is located in the scrap metal part of the landfill.<\/p>\n<p>Gibson said no injuries have been reported, but the fire will take a while to extinguish. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HERE IN A COUPLE OF MINUTES. ERIN. VICTORIA. THANK YOU. 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