Personnel from the V.I. Waste Management Authority and the V.I. Fire and Emergency Medical Services Wednesday afternoon extinguished a fire at the Anguilla Landfill that temporarily halted dump operations and blanketed the surrounding area in foul-smelling smoke.
The Waste Management Authority announced the fire, which erupted in the southwest side of the landfill’s “working phase” where trash is deposited, shortly after 2 p.m. A WMA spokesperson told the Source after 5 p.m. that the fire was contained and the smoke was diminishing, and she said the fire had been extinguished by 6 p.m. No injuries were reported.
Wednesday’s fire was at least the third to close the St. Croix landfill in 2026. Anguilla temporarily closed during the first weekend in March after flames erupted on the landfill’s southeastern and western sides. A fire on Jan. 2 also closed the landfill, which reopened the following day.
Following the latest fire, WMA had not yet provided information about the landfill’s reopening schedules by Wednesay evening.
