BOURNE – On Saturday morning, Bourne Firefighters responded to a landfill fire located at the DPW off MacArthur Boulevard (Route 28) where a large compost pile had caught fire. The department utilized a brush breaker truck to set up a water shuttle. The compost pile was extinguished using the efficient deck guns of Engine 121 and Engine 122 as well as small hand lines from Breaker 128.
Photos courtesy of Bourne Firefighters IAFF Local 1717
Bourne Firefighters battle landfill fire
August 29, 2015 Leave a Comment
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