A fire at the Little Rock (Arkansas) Solid Waste Facility’s landfill damaged five garbage trucks worth $1.3 million the morning of Feb. 4 and caused delays in city waste removal services, a report by KATV says.
Little Rock Solid Waste officials believe the fire started in one truck and spread to the four others next to it, the report says. Regular pick-up will remain on a normal schedule but yard waste was temporarily suspended for a week and a 60 percent reduction in service occurred for special request pickups.
Luckily, city officials were prepared after city board members approved $2.2 million in funding to buy eight new automatic side-loading haulers in January, the report says. Four of the new trucks are in Little Rock and need to be outfitted as Little Rock-branded vehicles before starting its route.
According to the report, all five vehicles were insured. A claim has been filed but the ongoing investigation on the trucks will likely have to be completed before the claim is approved.
No more results found. Little Rock Solid Waste officials believe the fire started in one truck and spread to the four others next to it, the report says. Regular pick-up will remain on a normal schedule but yard waste was temporarily suspended for a week and a 60 percent reduction in service occurred for special request pickups.
Luckily, city officials were prepared after city board members approved $2.2 million in funding to buy eight new automatic side-loading haulers in January, the report says. Four of the new trucks are in Little Rock and need to be outfitted as Little Rock-branded vehicles before starting its route.
According to the report, all five vehicles were insured. A claim has been filed but the ongoing investigation on the trucks will likely have to be completed before the claim is approved.