Landfill fire prompts health warning in Kamloops

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Residents adjacent Mission Flats advised to support windows closed, enactment indoors.

Residents adjacent Mission Flats advised to support windows closed, enactment indoors

CBC News

· Posted: May 14, 2025 2:44 PM EDT | Last Updated: 7 minutes ago

A ample achromatic plume of fume implicit a metropolis of Kamloops sign.

Officials successful Kamloops person warned radical adjacent a landfill occurrence Wednesday to enactment wrong and support doors and windows closed owed to wellness concerns.

The occurrence acceptable disconnected a plume of heavy achromatic fume from the Mission Flats landfill connected the westbound broadside of the metropolis successful cardinal B.C.

People surviving successful the country were advised by metropolis officials to structure successful spot with windows and doors closed.

Fire officials accidental the blaze is contained but the landfill volition beryllium closed for the remainder of the day. The origin is nether investigation.

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