PHOTO: Firefighters with the Cairo Fire Department had to call on help from agencies from Grady County and the City of Bainbridge to put out a massive blaze Tuesday at the city landfill.
The fire department was notified Tuesday at around 7 a.m. of a large blaze that encompassed about two acres at the 6th Avenue city landfill. Upon arrival, the firefighters noticed heavy flames coming from the landfill.
“We can see brush fires of that size or smaller because we’re in the city limits, but it’s the fact of what it was and how compact it was that made it so difficult,” said Fire Chief Bill Schafer.
Using a special foam trailer from the Bainbridge Public Safety Department and six tankers from the Grady County Volunteer Fire Department, the combined crew of about 20 firefighters put out the inferno at around 5 p.m.