Dive summary:
- Smoke from a half-week-long fire at the Cove landfill in Ensley, Fla. is sparking safety concerns for nearby residents.
- The fire started sometime over the weekend and was finally extinguished yesterday; enough smoke and ashes were created that students at a neighboring elementary school had to be kept inside.
- Over the past eight years, there have been eleven phone calls reporting fires at the facility, which has a well-documented history of receiving code enforcement complaints.
From the article:
"... The landfill shares a fence line with Pine Meadow Elementary, where there are more than 900 students and about 75 employees, according to Escambia County Schools Superintendent Malcolm Thomas.
The school canceled outdoor recreation on Tuesday and brought students in portable classrooms into the main building.
Thomas said those precautions continued Wednesday and will remain in effect until there is no more smoke in the area. ..."
