Photos: Smoke from Tucson landfill fire visible for miles
Tucson Fire Department works a fire involving green waste at Drexel Road landfill on the city's eastside.
Landfill fire
Tucson Fire Department firefighters battle a subborn fire involving green waste at the Drexel Land Reclamation Facility, 11330 E Drexel Rd., east of South Houghton Road. Crews responded after 3 am Sunday morning, said TFD spokesman Capt Nick Janton. Smoke from the fire may linger for some time making the air hard to breathe, Janton said.
Landfill fire
Heat and smoke from a landfill fire continue to hamper efforts from the Tucson Fire Department as firefighters contain a subborn fire involving green waste at the Drexel Land Reclamation Facility, 11330 E Drexel Rd., east of South Houghton Road. Crews responded after 3 am Sunday morning, said TFD spokesman Capt Nick Janton. Smoke from the fire may linger for some time making the air hard to breathe, Janton said.
Landfill fire
An onlooker watches as smoke rises near a residential area as Tucson Fire Department firefighters battle a subborn fire involving green waste at the Drexel Land Reclamation Facility, 11330 E Drexel Rd.
Landfill fire
Tucson Fire Department firefighter add a foaming agent as crews battle a subborn fire involving green waste at the Drexel Land Reclamation Facility, 11330 E Drexel Rd., east of South Houghton Road. Crews responded after 3 am Sunday morning, said TFD spokesman Capt Nick Janton.
Landfill fire
Tucson Fire Department firefighters battle a subborn fire involving green waste at the Drexel Land Reclamation Facility, 11330 E Drexel Rd. Crews responded after 3 am Sunday morning, said TFD spokesman Capt Nick Janton. Smoke from the fire may linger for some time making the air hard to breathe, Janton said.
Landfill fire
Smoke from a landfill fire rises in the distance off Houghton Road in Tucson on Dec. 31, 2017. Tucson Fire Department firefighters battled a subborn fire involving green waste at the Drexel Land Reclamation Facility.
Significant progress had been made in fighting the green waste landfill fire near Drexel and Houghton, according to a news release from Tucson…