UPDATE – St. Andrews Landfill is scheduled to reopen and resume normal operations today at 10 a.m.
LEONARDTOWN, Md. -8:00 am – The St. Andrews Landfill is currently closed, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022, due to a fire at the mulch pile.
The facility will reopen after emergency services has cleared the area.
It is expected the facility will return to normal operations later this morning.
For further information, contact the Solid Waste and Recycling Division at 301-475-4200, ext. 3551.
Ok who keeps throwing cigarettes in the mulch???
The stuff can get Hot & catch fire when piled up, same as trash. I don’t know why but it generates heat?
Impossible unless it’s about 110 degrees outside and no rain for months, even then it would be impossible
Spontaneous combustion. Right?