Spokane ValleySaturday, November 7
The Valley Transfer Station reopened Friday after two fires in two days
The Daily Spokane team
If you haul trash to the Valley Transfer Station on North Sullivan Road, here's what happened. Employees reported hearing multiple explosions before a fire broke out in a large trash compactor Thursday morning, according to the Spokane Valley Fire Department. Another small fire Friday morning closed the station until further notice, the county said, and it reopened Friday. Both fires are under investigation.
The station had two fires in two days and reopened Friday
- Nov. 5Employees report explosions, then a fire in a large trash compactor.
- Nov. 6A second small early-morning fire closes the station until further notice.
- Nov. 6The station reopens after the second fire.
Sources: NonStop Local KHQ, KREM, The Spokesman-Review
KXLY reports investigators linked the fires to a chemical reaction involving explosives and wiring that residents threw out with regular trash. Operations manager Quinn Gonder said batteries are "one of our main culprits."
“Anyone that has chemicals, batteries, anything that recharges, please ask one of our staff members where that goes.”
- Household hazardous waste: free for Spokane County residents, seven days a week
- Light bulbs and batteries: keep them off the tipping floor
- The station takes car batteries, paint and propane tanks
- Other drop-offs: Waste to Energy Facility, North County Transfer Station
15 gallonslimit of hazardous materials per trip to the station
Anyone living in Spokane County can take dangerous materials to the household hazardous waste facility for free.
Source: KXLY.com
Sources: KXLY.com, NonStop Local KHQ, KREM, The Spokesman-Review