A GEL Corp. construction and demolition debris landfill caught fire in Orange City, Fla., on Aug. 13, according to a report in the Daytona Beach News-Journal (Daytona Beach, Fla.).
No injuries were reported, but two local roads were closed to traffic as a result, according to the report.
Officials from the Orange City Fire Department believe the fire started in a mulch pile and then spread to a pile of recyclable materials and a nearby structure.
The landfill is preparing to close and must extinguish all fires and reshape the hill that covers the debris by Oct. 6.
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