A malfunctioning hose caused a hazmat situation at the troublesome Chiquita Canyon Landfill on Friday night.
A malfunctioning hose caused a hazmat situation at the troublesome Chiquita Canyon Landfill on Friday night.The Los Angeles County Fire Department said a high-pressure pump system filtering debris from the ground failed and spilled out. The 639-acre landfill has been mired in controversy with dozens of Santa Clarita Valley residents suing the company in early February operating the waste management site for causing their health to deteriorate.
Days after the residents filed the lawsuit, an independent study found that the dump was causing a myriad of 'short-term health effects,' many of which matched the symptoms reported by residents. In January, the South Coast Air Quality Management District ordered the landfill to address multiple problems at the site, including the control of leachate, a liquid pollutant that is pooling, bubbling and even shooting out of the landfill. It's the source of the foul-smelling odor.
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