The V.I. Waste Management Authority urged residents and commercial haulers Friday to steer clear of the Anguilla Landfill on St. Croix while emergency personnel addressed an active fire.
By the early afternoon, flames could be seen on a crest of the landfill from East Airport Road, and smoke from the fire drifted west over the defunct Randall “Doc” James Race Track and toward the Henry E. Rohlsen Airport. WMA spokesperson Lorna Nichols-Minkoff told the Source early Friday afternoon that a blaze on the southeast side of the landfill had almost been extinguished but that a fire on the west side, facing the airport, was still active. Neither WMA nor the V.I. Fire and Emergency Medical Services had provided a cause for the fire by Friday evening.
The blaze marked at least the second time the landfill has been shut down by a fire this year. Anguilla closed on Jan. 2 and reopened the next day, according to a statement from Waste Management at the time. At least two fires temporarily closed the facility in 2025 in February and March, respectively.
This story will be updated as more information becomes available.
