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local Wednesday 24 august 2022

Huge fire at recycling center

ORANJESTAD – Yesterday morning, the sky in away, they had evacuated the premises. ties can confirm that it was the company Daltra
Aruba was consumed by black smoke coming The fire department said that they were fighting N.V.
from the south. It was recycling center Daltra’s the fire close to the gas plant, but emphasized Right away, various unites of the Fire Depart-
waste sector which caught fire. that they had no control on the smoke yet. ment were mobilized to deal with it. It is an
alarming situation that puts our firemen in dan-
Right away, police and fire department units Later, the Department of Public Works, DOW in- ger. The Ministry of Justice and Social Affairs
were dispatched to the area. Police closed off formed that they had sent big sea pumps, be- sends words of strength primarily to our Fire De-
the road to avoid people from coming close to cause the water pressure from the water system partment who is working with body and soul to
the smoke. was not enough to control the fire. DOW also overcome this problem, also to DOW and oth-
Neighborhood police from Santa Cruz was also sent personnel to help, with additional diesel ers who are supporting our Fire Department in
present, and the police’s spokesperson. Person- pump and hoses. order to end the fire as soon as possible.”
nel from the department of calamity were also
present to familiarize themselves with the situa- Everyone who lives and works in the area was At that time, smoke was still coming out of the
tion. ordered to evacuate. area, and our reporters understood that while
the fire had subsided, it was still not completely
By 3p.m. the fire was still ongoing. Our report- Around 5:30p.m., minister of Justice and Social out. The fire department said that the fire was
er got in touch with Arugas, the gas company Affairs posted on his social media a message: under control but they would continue monitor-
which is near the recycling center. They said “Today our entire community noticed a lot of ing the area through the night.q
that although the fire was still a safe distance black smoke in the area of Barcadera. Authori-