New strategy employed to douse Yigo fire

There's a new plan to attack the fire at the illegal dump fire in Yigo.  Smithbridge has offered to assist the government as the underground deep-seeded fire that started last week Wednesday continues to burn.  The company is donating significant stockpiles of backfill material as officials work to suffocate and cap the fire.

May 21, 2010Updated: May 21, 2010
KUAM NewsBy KUAM News

by Lannie Walker

Guam - There's a new plan to attack the fire at the illegal dump fire in Yigo.  Smithbridge has offered to assist the government as the underground deep-seeded fire that started last week Wednesday continues to burn.  The company is donating significant stockpiles of backfill material as officials work to suffocate and cap the fire.

More than a dozen truckloads were thrown over the dump blaze this afternoon, and this operation will continue through the weekend.  If the fire is not snuffed out, a reassessment will be conducted on Monday.