An underground fire has been smouldering under a Guernsey landfill site for a year, it has emerged. The blaze, at Mont Cuet was first discovered last April when boreholes were dug and abnormally high temperatures recorded inside the waste.
Public Services bosses said it started when oxygen seeped into the landfill.
There has been one unsuccessful attempt to douse the fire with water. Now a team from the UK is to come over to use nitrogen to snuff it out.
Environmental services project manager for Public Services, Rob Roussel, said the fire was small and constant checks were being made on the site.
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